Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Snidely Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:13:43 -0700 Organization: Dis One Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <10pe83m$3rg2l$1@dont-email.me> <1rsaf5i.1nrmqo3vtna18N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsaj4d.rtb8ajbdoy69N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <10ppr5m$3m2br$1@dont-email.me> <10pr6gg$2t5v$1@dont-email.me> <10pv2af$1eb4h$2@dont-email.me> <87zf3wx1jt.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pvhqb$1j2vg$1@dont-email.me> <1rsjtwr.9h8wo7a6jjujN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10q2o7j$nr7l$1@news1.tnib.de> <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10q9dle$u3sq$1@dont-email.me> <18a11e5c3372a392$492$2653793$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10qatq5$1arse$6@dont-email.me> <10qauv2$1gh74$1@dont-email.me> <10qcb7t$1vvim$2@dont-email.me> Reply-To: snidely.too@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:13:48 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5a127798ce1a337216e5aed0a31bbf18"; logging-data="2266710"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+4fbYUcOMpYaBGYYPKUdydVwkriddbpRs=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:8eZ28dm4vR9PHpx8GgSnGtnL5Vo= X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb X-ICQ: 543516788 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84568 alt.usage.english:1141524 Lo, on the 3/29/2026, Peter Moylan did proclaim ... > On 30/03/26 05:33, rbowman wrote: >> On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:29:51 +1100, Peter Moylan wrote: >> >>> I have an American cookbook that uses cups and spoons and pounds >>> and I don't know what else, but I've given up on it as being too >>> difficult to use. >> >> You don't like the teaspoon, rounded teaspoon, and heaping teaspoon >> system. > > I have several sizes of teaspoon in the house. Maybe I should get > someone in to calibrate them. Don't get them mixed up with the dessert spoons or the soup spoons. (I hate the "soup spoons" that are enlarged teaspoons or small tablespoons; the wide bowl style works much better for me -- sometimes called "broth spoons".) /dps -- potstickers, Japanese gyoza, Chinese dumplings, let's do it