in cooking what does this symbol mean?

Question

What does... # mean in cooking..

in the recipie its written like....
# heavy cream.

Answer 1

It usually means "pound" like the pound key on a telephone, but I don't think any recipe would call for a pound of heavy cream... Could it be a typo?

Answer 2

Cooking Symbols

Answer 3

No recipe would call for a pound of heavy cream, and it is not the symbol for pound in cooking- in cooking, if a pound is called for, it is generally spelled out- "one pound." No one uses this symbol to mean pounds in the culinary world, and you can't just apply things that have to do with your cell phone to the rest of life.



(For the British lady, we Americans often refer to the number key on the phone pad as the "pound" key.)



This is very likely a typographical error, or just a doodle next to the ingredient, used like a bullet. What is the recipe for? It would help to know that; then there would be some context for the use of heavy cream.

Answer 4

Number sign is a name for the symbol #, which is used for a variety of purposes, including (mainly in Canada and the United States) the designation of a number (for example, "#1" stands for "number one"). On many social media platforms, it is used to declare a searchable metadata tag called a hashtag.[1]



The term number sign is most commonly used when the symbol is used before a number. In the United States and Canada, it is sometimes known as the pound sign (particularly in the context of its use on telephone keypads), and has been traditionally used in the food industry as an abbreviation for pounds avoirdupois. Outside of North America the symbol is called hash and the corresponding telephone key is called the "hash key", and the term "pound sign" usually describes the British currency symbol "£".

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in cooking what does this symbol mean?

What does... # mean in cooking..



in the recipie its written like....

# heavy cream.

Answer 6

It's short for pound.

Answer 7

Why does every one say it means pound? Pound in weight is Lb or lb, and pound in money is £.



In 20 years as a cook and chef I have never come across this symbol in any recipe or dish specification.

Answer 8

Pounds.

That's why it's called the "pound sign."

Answer 9

Yep, it is the universal sign, cooking or no, for pound

Answer 10

means "number" when it comes before the number

#3 = no. 3



means "pound" when it comes after the number

3# = 3lbs.

Answer 11

IT is the symbol for number .

Answer 12

a pound? 16 oz?

Answer 13

it means pound.

Answer 14

# = number or numbers



#heavy cream makes no sense, hope it's not one of my recipes.........?

Answer 15

dunno what finger symbol your talking about

Answer 16

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