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Re: Sugar syrup recipe proportions
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Anthony N Morgan <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 8 Nov 2000 12:18:48 +0100
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Alan Riach wrote:
>
> Sugar in the UK is now sold in 1 kilogram bags (2.204 Lbs) and for those
> who like to mix their units a good winter mix is a pint of water  to a
> kilo of sugar (UK pint of course).We're going metric inch by inch over
> here.
> Alan Riach
> Edinburgh, Scotland

To go the whole hog and metrify weight and volume:
we use 0.6 litre water per kilo of sugar --
actually 3 litres per 5kg and multiples thereof.
This is marginaly more dilution than the mix given by Alan.
1 pint UK = 0.56825 litre
--
Anthony N Morgan,
Trondheim, Norway

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