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Jun 24, 2017 10:27:44 GMT 2
Post by Baz Faz on Jun 24, 2017 10:27:44 GMT 2
Yes, #
I was looking at a Corsican beef stew recipe and it read: 2# beef. Later it read 1# Portobello mushrooms.
Presumably this is a symbol I haven't seen before for pound (or lb).
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Jun 24, 2017 10:48:51 GMT 2
Post by slowcoach on Jun 24, 2017 10:48:51 GMT 2
Yes, # I was looking at a Corsican beef stew recipe and it read: 2# beef. Later it read 1# Portobello mushrooms. Presumably this is a symbol I haven't seen before for pound (or lb).
Only in America it seems: Pound (mass)
FWIW The symbol for the Pound (Sterling) and the hash symbol commonly shared the same ASCII code in some coded character sets, and keyboard position (Shift of 3) between UK and US layouts.
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Jun 24, 2017 11:04:15 GMT 2
Post by auntieannie on Jun 24, 2017 11:04:15 GMT 2
I had never seen it used as a sign for pound (mass), although I knew it was sometimes called the pound sign.
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Jun 24, 2017 13:19:32 GMT 2
Post by Baz Faz on Jun 24, 2017 13:19:32 GMT 2
Yes, it is an American site the recipe came from because it also uses cups. It is pretty ignorant as it calls for a couple of Tbsp of passata which it then explains is cooked tomato sauce. It isn't. It is sieved raw tomatoes.
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Jun 25, 2017 2:40:46 GMT 2
Post by shrjeff on Jun 25, 2017 2:40:46 GMT 2
i just checked my modern and early 20th century cookbooks... most, including one of the latter, simply spell out 'pound' but the other old book uses 'lbs'... no hatchmarks... btw, the hebrew for hatchmark is 'sulamit' which means 'little ladder'...
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Jun 25, 2017 16:32:05 GMT 2
Post by tiltedflipcurves on Jun 25, 2017 16:32:05 GMT 2
It's still called the pound sign here in the US. Voice menu instructions for joining a conference call, for example, commonly say "enter the conference ID followed by the pound sign."
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