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 GJ> Penfolds five star Club Port, Vintage 1956
 GJ> Penfolds Para Liqueur port, vintage 1944 (in the squat bottle)
 ML> It's unlikely that either of the Penfolds would be in tolerable
 ML> condition; the younger wines might be.
 GJ> Several years ago I tried some of the famous 1922 Penfolds Liqueur
 GJ> Port, also in the squat bottle, and it was magnificent.

How long ago? For you, several years might mean several decades!

Port does last a good long time, but 50-60 years is a better long
time.

   There is some
 GJ> residue in the bottom of those Penfolds bottles, but the wine itself
 GJ> remains clear, and a very deep red hue.

Are the bottles green or clear?

 GJ> Jim has found some values given on Google, which look reasonable.  I
 GJ> will take up your suggestion and contact Penfolds.  Does Grange come
 GJ> in 5 litre boxes?

Let us know the results. You might be pleasantly surprised
(by Penfolds' reaction, not by Grange coming in boxes).

 ML> 1 ds asafoetida (hing powder)
 GJ> Surely that would not be pure, unadulterated asafoetida?!  It seems to
 GJ> be an excessive amount for one small doormouse.
 ML> In Meal-Masterese, a ds is not a dessertspoon but rather a dash.
 GJ> I see.  I wondered about dessert spoons being used as a measure in
 GJ> USAn based recipes.  How many pinches to a dash?  I would expect a more
 GJ> precise measure when asafoetida is specified, as it could be
 GJ> overpowering.

Dorothy Flatman once did a table of Meal-Master measure conversions,
and it indicates that a pn is 1/8 ts and a ds is 2 to 4 dr(ops). So
in this usage, a pinch is dry measure and a dash is liquid.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: American Units of Measure from Meal-Master
 Categories: Information, Conversions
      Yield: 1 Info file
 
   1.00 x  Equals one serving
   1.00 sm Equals one small
   1.00 md Equals one medium
   1.00 lg Equals one large
   1.00 cn Equals one can (or tin)
   1.00 pk Equals one package
   1.00 pn Equals one pinch (1/8 ts)
   1.00 dr Equals one drop
   1.00 ds Equals one dash (2 to 4 dr)
   1.00 ct Equals one carton
   1.00 bn Equals one bunch
   1.00 sl Equals one slice
   1.00 ea Equals one each
   1.00 t  Equals one teaspoon
   1.00 ts Equals one teaspoon
           -PREFERRED USAGE
   1.00 T  Equals one tablespoon
   1.00 tb Equals one tablespoon
           -PREFERRED USAGE
   1.00 fl Equals one fluid ounce
   1.00 c  Equals one cup
           American is 8 fluid ounces
           Imperial is 10 fluid ounces
   1.00 pt Equals one pint
           American is 16 fluid ounces
           Imperial is 20 fluid ounces
   1.00 qt Equals one quart
           American is 32 fluid ounces
           Imperial is 40 fluid ounces
   1.00 ga Equals one gallon
           American is 128 fluid ounces
           Imperial is 160 fluid ounces
   1.00 oz Equals one ounce
   1.00 lb Equals one pound
   1.00 ml Equals one milliliter
   1.00 cc Equals one cubic centimeter
   1.00 cl Equals one centiliter
   1.00 dl Equals one deciliter
   1.00 l  Equals one liter
   1.00 mg Equals one milligram
   1.00 cg Equals one centigram
   1.00 dg Equals one decigram
   1.00 g  Equals one gram
   1.00 kg Equals one kilogram
 
  One Teaspoon
    = 1/3 tb, 3/16 fl, 4-15/16 ml, 1/2 cl, 1/16 dl
  
  One Tablespoon
    = 3 ts, 1/2 fl, 1/16 c, 14-3/4 ml, 1-1/2 cl, 1/8 dl
  
  One Fluid ounce
    = 6 ts, 2 tb, 1/8 c, 1/16 pt, 29-5/8 ml, 2-15/16 cl, 5/16 dl
  
  One American cup
    = 48 ts, 16 tb, 1/2 pt, 8 fl, 236-5/8 ml, 23-2/3 cl, 2-3/8 dl, 1/4 l
  
  One American pint
    = 32 tb, 16 fl, 2 c, 1/2 qt, 473-1/8 ml, 47-1/3 cl, 4-3/4 dl, 1/2 l
  
  One American quart
    = 32 fl, 4 c, 2 pt, 1/4 ga, 946-1/3 ml, 94-2/3 cl, 9-7/16 dl, 15/16 l
  
  One American gallon
    = 128 fl, 16 c, 8 pt, 4 qt, 3785 ml, 378-1/2 cl, 37-7/8 dl, 3-13/16 l
  
  One ounce
    = 1/16 lb, 2835 cg, 283-1/2 dg, 28-1/3 g
  
  One pound
    = 453-5/8 g, 7/16 kg, 16 oz
  
  One milliliter
    = 3/16 ts, 1/16 tb, 1/16 fl
  
  One cubic centimeter
    = 1/8 cl, 3/16 ts, 1/16 tb, 1/16 fl, 1 ml
  
  One centiliter
    = 1/8 dl, 2 ts, 2/3 tb, 1/3 fl, 1/16 c, 10 ml
  
  One deciliter
    = 6-3/4 tb, 3-3/8 fl, 7/16 c, 3/16 pt, 1/8 qt, 100 ml, 10 cl
  
  One liter
    = 33-7/8 fl, 4-1/4 c, 2-1/8 pt, 1-1/6 qt, 1/4 ga, 1000 ml, 100 cl,
  10 dl
  
  One gram
    = 1/16 oz, 1000 mg, 100 cg, 10 dg
  
  One kilogram
    = 35-1/3 oz, 2-3/16 lb, 1000 g
  
  Source: Taken from Meal-Master version 8.05
    Typos by Dorothy Flatman 1997
 
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