pints and pounds

David Iverson · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 1

I had an interesting question from a chef the other day: How many pints in a
pound?

Is this is a legitimate question? I had always thought of pints in fluid
ounces.

Thanks,

David

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Jerry Avins · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 110

David Iverson wrote:

> I had an interesting question from a chef the other day: How many pints in a
> pound?
>
> Is this is a legitimate question? I had always thought of pints in fluid
> ounces.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>

You're right in general, but many foods have a density near water, so
there's carry-over. As near as one needs to know in the kitchen and most
other places, three U.S gallons -- 24 pints -- of water weighs 25
pounds. So the old rhyme, "A pint's a pound the world around" is almost
true in the U.S., but not, say, in G.B. (There, a pint is 20 ounces, not
16, and the ounces are ever so slightly different.) If you need a cup --
8 oz. both in the U.S. and G.B. -- of flour and you weigh out half a
pound, you won't be far wrong. Still every cook had a measuring cup and
postal scaled are cheap, so there's no need to guess.

Jerry
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Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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chef_rwmiller · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 4

Pint
Chef R. W. Miller
Marriott Resorts & Hotels

"David Iverson" wrote in message$qK1.6007449@news2.news.adelphia.net...
> I had an interesting question from a chef the other day: How many pints in
a
> pound?
>
> Is this is a legitimate question? I had always thought of pints in fluid
> ounces.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>
>

chef_rwmiller · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 4

1 Pint
Chef R. W. Miller
Marriott Resorts & Hotels
"David Iverson" wrote in message$qK1.6007449@news2.news.adelphia.net...
> I had an interesting question from a chef the other day: How many pints in
a
> pound?
>
> Is this is a legitimate question? I had always thought of pints in fluid
> ounces.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>
>

Jerry Avins · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 110

chef_rwmiller@sbcglobal.net wrote:

> Pint

Simplistic. If you mean oz. avoirdupois, in the US, close for water.
In Great Britain, off by 20%. see my earlier reply.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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peter · Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

In the UK - 8 pints (one gallon) of water weighs 10 pounds as an
approximation

But - certainly in the Imperial Measuring system pints are fluid measure and
pounds solid measure in general use.

Peter

"David Iverson" wrote in message $qK1.6007449@news2.news.adelphia.net...
>I had an interesting question from a chef the other day: How many pints in
>a
> pound?
>
> Is this is a legitimate question? I had always thought of pints in fluid
> ounces.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>

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