On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:08:28 +0100, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 21:43:39 on Thu, 21 Sep
2006, bof remarked:

If they're US cookbooks then you'll have to convert all the pint
measures to 0.8pint measures.

US recipes don't use pints, they use fluid oz. or cups (which
surprisingly work just as well for liquids as solids).

Ah, OK I don't have any US cookbooks, which I guess is why I've not
come across 'cup' or 'fluid oz.' as a measurement,

I don't have any US cookbooks either, but I have some recipes; and if
you buy food in the USA the instructions on the packet will use the
local units.

Indeed - everything I've seen here tends to use cups for liquid measures
to add to things.

I really must write down some sort of conversion table though as at the
moment I've got no clue as to how cups / oz / g / ml / quarts / US gallons
/ UK gallons / litres / liters compare... :-)