Johnny West
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My first job back in 1963 was stocking shelves and carry out at a Red Owl grocery store. The first thing I learned was can size.
Cans used to more commonly go buy numbered size. Commercial products sometimes still do, but most items you find in the grocery store list volume or weight measures. A #2 can holds 1 pound 4 ounces, or 2 ½ cups. A #10 can holds 6 pounds 6 ounces, or 96 fluid ounces, which is 12 cups or 3 quarts.
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Cans used to more commonly go buy numbered size. Commercial products sometimes still do, but most items you find in the grocery store list volume or weight measures. A #2 can holds 1 pound 4 ounces, or 2 ½ cups. A #10 can holds 6 pounds 6 ounces, or 96 fluid ounces, which is 12 cups or 3 quarts.
This Can Size Chart Gives Recipe Conversion Amounts for Cups in a Can
These charts of can- and jar-size equivalents will help you decipher how much you need of an ingredient in an old-fashioned recipe that uses can sizes.
