Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:19:55 -0500
From: Jayne Spielman (jayne@bridge.com)
can number sizes (for old-fashioned recipes)
For all of those old recipes that call for cans of different sizes....
I clipped this from a newspaper ages ago and typed it in from the
yellowing page.
American Can sizes
Number Contents
1 10-12 ounces
300 14-16 ounces
1 1/2 1 pound+17 ounces
303 1 pound+17 ounces
2 1 pound+4 ounces, or 1 pint+2 fluid ounces
2 1/2 1 pound+12 ounces to 1 pound+14 ounces
3 3 pounds+3 ounces or 1 quart+14 ounces
10 6 pounds+2 ounces or 7 pounds+5 ounces
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