Old measurement for recipes
Source of Recipe
A little of every where.
About 25 drops of any thin liquid = 1 teaspoonful
1 Pinch = 4-1/2 grains, or less than 1/8 teaspoonful
1 Saltspoonful = 1/4 teaspoonful
1 Scruple = 20 grains, or about 1/2 teaspoonful, 91.3 grams)
3 Saltspoonfuls = 1 dram (drachma), or 27-1/3 grains
1 Teaspoonful = 4 saltspoonfuls, or 36-1/2 grains
4 Teaspoonfuls = 1 tablespoonful liquid
2 Tablespoonfuls, or 16 drams (drachmas) liquid = 1 fluid oz
4 Tablespoonfuls = 1 wineglass, or 1/2 gill, or 1/4 cupful
2 Wineglasses = 1 gill, or 1/2 cupful
2 Gills = 1 coffee-cupful, or 16 tablespoonfuls, or 8 fluid oz
1 Tumblerful = 1 coffee-cupful, or 1/2 pint
2 Coffee-cupfuls = 1 pint
2 Pints = 1 quart
4 Quarts = 1 gallon
16 Ounces = 1 pound, or 1 pint of liquid
some measurements "old quaker"
60 drops = 1 teaspoon
2 teaspoons = 1 dessertspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 dessertspoon
2 tablespoons = 1 liquid ounce
A breakfast cup is a large teacup
One US teacup equals about 6.2 fluid ounces
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