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The base unit of Korean weight is the gwan. [32] At the time of Korea's metrification, however, the pound was in more common use. Although it was usually taken as equivalent to 600 g, [33] as with red pepper and meats, [34] [35] a separate pound of 400 g was used for fruits [34] [35] and another of 375 [32] or 200 g was used for vegetables. [34]
Weight is measured in ounces and pounds (avoirdupois) as in the U.S. Volume is measured in imperial gallons, quarts, pints, fluid ounces, fluid drachms, and minims. The imperial gallon was originally defined as 10 pounds (4.5359 kg) of water in 1824, and refined as exactly 4.54609 litres in 1985.
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]
The catty is traditionally equivalent to around 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 pound avoirdupois, formalised as 604.78982 grams in Hong Kong, [1] 604.5 grams historically in Vietnam, [2] 604.79 grams in Malaysia [3] and 604.8 grams in Singapore. [4] In some countries, the weight has been rounded to 600 grams (Taiwan, [5] Japan, Korea [6] and Thailand).
Use the guidelines below to determine how many pounds of potatoes per person you need for dinner. Potatoes can weigh anywhere from 1/10 pound to 1/2 pound, depending on their size.
For your dinner, you can estimate that each guest will eat about 1 1/2 pounds of turkey. Here's how what that adds up to depending on how many people you plan to serve this Thanksgiving. 4 people ...
There’s an active recall on approximately 167,277 pounds of ground beef products sold nationwide, according to the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
For example, the FAO (2002) figure for Denmark, which has one of the highest meat export rates compared to its population, was 145.9 kg (322 lb) (highest in the world). More recent FAO figures (2009) have taken the earlier discrepancy into account, resulting in a significantly lower 95.2 kg (210 lb) for Denmark (13th in the world).