Table of Weights and Measures

Ingredients

• 1 quart sifted flour
• 1 quart unsifted flour weighs 1 lb
• 1 quart sifted indian meal weighs 1 lb
• 1 pint soft bnlter
• 1 pint cofl^ **a
• 45 drops of pure water
• 8 coffee-cupr hlfted flour
• 4 tea-cups sifted flour
• 2 tea-oupssoft butter
• 2 eoflbe-eups powdered sugar
• 1 piutgranulated sugar
• 2 tearcups granulated sugar
• 2 lea-cups cofl'ee ''a'* sugar
• 1 table-spoon
• 2 table-spoons
• 1 table-^poou
• 7 table-spoons granulated sugar
• 1 tea-cup
• 6 table-spoons sifted flour
• 4 table-spoons soft butter
• 1 tea-cap
• 8 table spoons sweet chocolate grated weigh 1 oz
• 2 teanspoons
• 1 heaping table-spoon
• 1 tear-spoon contains about 1 duid drachm
• 1 duid drachm
• 60 deg
• 4 tea-spoonfuls equal 1 table-spoon
• 16 table-spoonfuls equal % pint
• 1 wine-glass flill
• 4 table-spoons
• 2 fluid ob
• 1 tea-cupful equals 8 fluid oz
• 8 fluid oz
• 2 gills
• 4 tea-cupfhls equal 1 qt

Directions

1. 1 quart sifted flour (well heaped) weighs 1 lb. 8 coffee-cupR Hlfted flour (level) weigh 1 lb. 4 tea-cups sifted flour (level) weigh! lb. 1 quart unsifted flour weighs 1 lb. 1 oz. 1 quart sifted Indian meal weighs 1 lb. 4 oz.

2. 1 pint soft bnlter (well parked i weighs 1 lb.

3. 2 tea-oupssoft butter (well packe<l) weigh 1 lb. IH pints powdered sugar weigh 1 lb. 2 eoflbe-eups powdered sugar (level) weigh 1 lb. 2^ tea-cups powdered sugar (level) weigh 1 lb.

4. 1 piutgranulated sugar (heaped) weighs 14 oz. lyi ooflee-cups granulated sugar (level) weigh 1 lb.

5. 2 tearcups granulated sugar (level) weigh 1 lb.

6. 1 pint cofl^ **A" sugar weighs 12 oz. 1% coflTee-cups coflee "A" sugar level) weigh 1 lb,

7. 2 lea-cups cofl'ee ''A'* sugar (well heaped) weigh 1 lb. ' pint best brown sugur weighs 13 oz.

8. ^ coflee-cupH best brown sugar level) weigh 1 lb, 2V. tea-cups best brown sugar (level) weigh 1 lb. 2% coflee-cups Indian meal (level) equal 1 qt. 8% tea-cups Indian meal (level) equal 1 qt.

9. 1 table-spoon (well heaped) granulated "cofl^ A"orbe8t brown sugar, 1

10. 2 table-spoons (well roundeu) of powdered sugar or flour weigh 1 oz.

11. 1 table-^poou (well rounded) of soft butter weighs 1 oz. Soft butter size of an egg weighs 2 oz.

12. 7 table-spoons granulated sugar (heaping) equal 1 tea-cup.

13. 6 table-spoons sifted flour or meal (heaping) equal 1 tea-cup. 4 table-spoons soft butter (well heaped) eqiial 1 tea-cap.

14. 2 teanspoons (heaping) of flour, sugar or meal, equal 1 heaping table-spoon.

15. A tea-spoonflil (for brevity, tea-spoon is used for tea-spoonflil In the re^pas of this book) is equal in volume to 45 drops of pure water (distilled) at 60 deg. Fah. Teaspoons vary so much in size that there is a wide margin of dU^renoe la oontaining capacity.

16. 4 tea-spoonfuls equal 1 table-spoon or >^ fluid ounce.

17. 1 wine-glass flill (common size) equals 4 table-spoons or 2 fluid ob.

18. 1 tea-cupful equals 8 fluid oz. or 2 gills.

19. A common-sized tumoler holds about ^ pint.