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  2. Baker percentage - Wikipedia

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    For example, in a recipe that calls for 10 pounds of flour and 5 pounds of water, the corresponding baker's percentages are 100% for the flour and 50% for the water. Because these percentages are stated with respect to the weight of flour rather than with respect to the weight of all ingredients, the sum of these percentages always exceeds 100%.

  3. Seah (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The se'ah or seah (Hebrew: סאה sə’āh), plural se'im, is a unit of dry measure of ancient origin found in the Bible and in Halakha (Jewish law), which equals one third of an ephah, or bath. In layman's terms, it is equal to the capacity of 144 medium-sized eggs, or what is equal in volume to about 9 US quarts (8.5 litres). [ 1 ]

  4. List of pasta - Wikipedia

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    Some different colours and shapes of pasta in a pasta specialty store in Venice There are many different varieties of pasta . [ 1 ] They are usually sorted by size, being long ( pasta lunga ), short ( pasta corta ), stuffed ( ripiena ), cooked in broth ( pastina ), stretched ( strascinati ) or in dumpling-like form ( gnocchi/gnocchetti ).

  5. Measuring spoon - Wikipedia

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    Cutlery in many countries includes two spoons (besides the fork and knife, or butterknife). These cutlery spoons are also called a "teaspoon" and "tablespoon", but are not necessarily the same volume as measuring spoons with the same names: Cutlery spoons are not made to standard sizes and may hold 2.5~7.3 ml (50%~146% of 5 ml) for teaspoons ...

  6. Quart - Wikipedia

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    1 US dry quart ≡ ⁠ 1 / 32 ⁠ US bushel: ≡ 2: US dry pints ≡ 1.101 220 942 715: liters [7] [8] ≡ 67.200 625: cubic inches ≡ ⁠ 107521 / 369600 ⁠ US gallon ≡ 1 ⁠ 15121 / 92400 ⁠ US liquid quarts ≡ 2 ⁠ 15121 / 46200 ⁠ US liquid pints ≡ 9 ⁠ 3571 / 11550 ⁠ US gills ≡ 37 ⁠ 1367 / 5775 ⁠ US fluid ounces ≈ 0. ...

  7. Pound (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. [1]

  8. Dram (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In the apothecaries' system, which was widely used in the United States until the middle of the 20th century, [15] the dram is the mass of 1 ⁄ 96 pounds apothecaries (lb ap), or 1 ⁄ 8 ounces apothecaries (oz ap or ℥) [5]: C-7 (the pound apothecaries and ounce apothecaries are equal to the troy pound (lb t), and troy ounce (oz t ...

  9. Italian cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Particular varieties of pasta may also use other grains and milling methods to make the flour, as specified by law. Some pasta varieties, such as pizzoccheri, are made from buckwheat flour. [106] Fresh pasta may include eggs (Italian: pasta all'uovo, lit. ' egg pasta '). [107] Both dry and fresh pasta are used to prepare the dish, in three ...