As I brought up measurements, I remember that I always wonder

[conuly]

When did people stop putting T for tablespoon and t for teaspoon? Cookbooks today always seem to use Tb and ts, and while that probably ends a lot of confusion I still can't figure out when this changed. I'm certain when I was little I was taught Big T and little t, and that wasn't that long ago, was it?

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[conuly]

Gravy powder?

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Powder you mix with water to make gravy. It doesn't make good gravy, but it's an adequate substitute if you don't have any meat juices. (And if you do have meat juices, it's still pretty normal to add gravy powder to enhance the flavour. And it contains the cornflour for thickening too.)

In the UK we use gravy with a much more narrow definition than the US does, as I understand it.