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Terms used in recipes

You may see words used in recipes designating quantities such as ollock, abbreviated to oll, pollum and viss. [1]

1 ollock (oll) =11.719 cubic inches=192 millilitres (ml) (or cubic centimetres)
1 pollum=1¼ oz= 35.5 grams
1 viss=3lb 2oz=1.42kg [2]

External Links

Recommended Reading

Historical Books online

A Hindu Woman Cooking
Undated edition, catalogued 1869 with some handwritten recipes. Archive.org. 1880 edition Archive.org. The Indian Cookery Book, published c 1900 by Thacker, Spink & Co, Calcutta. Project Gutenberg Australia.

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References

  1. "Five Grandmothers and an Anglo-Indian Cookbook!" by Kalyan Karmakar June 29, 2015. indiafoodnetwork.in
  2. Page 213 onwards ‪The Anglo-Hindoostanee Handbook‬ 1850 Google Books