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On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:58:49 +0000, vallor wrote:

> At 29 Mar 2026 23:46:13 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:34:06 -0400, Tony Cooper wrote:
>>
>> > I have never seen a recipe call for a "heaping" or "rounded" unit.
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/TheOldRecipeBox/posts/chocolate-gravyhalf-
batch1-
>> heaping-tablespoon-of-cocoa%C2%BD-cup-of-sugar1-%C2%BD-tablespo/
>> 734086199251195/
>>
>> Chocolate Gravy Half batch:
>> 1 heaping tablespoon of cocoa ½ cup of sugar 1 ½ tablespoons of flour 1
>> cup of milk ½ tsp of vanilla 1 tablespoon of butter
>>
>> Full batch:
>> 2 heaping tablespoon of cocoa 1 cup of sugar 3 tablespoons of flour 2
>> cup of milk 1 tsp of vanilla 2 tablespoon of butter
>>
>>
>> If you see a recipe that calls for a heaping tablespoon of molasses
>> best look elsewhere.
> 
> There was a joke on the sitcom "Three's Company" where John Ritter's
> character asks Susanne Sommers' character to get a heaping tablespoon of
> milk...
> 
> Apologies: my mind is an attic.

I'm glad I'm not the only one.