Weights and Measures
Source of Recipe
web - Amanda
Weights and Measures
In Terms of Cups and Spoons:
Almonds - 1 oz. chopped = 1/3 cup
Baking Powder - 1 oz. = 2 1/2 tbsp.
Beans, dried - 1/2 lb. = 1 cup
Butter - 1/2 lb. = 1 cup; 1 oz. = 2 tbl.
Celery - 1 average stalk, minced, = 4 tbl.
Cheese, grated - 1 oz. = 1/2 cup
Chicken - A 3 1/2 lb. yields about 3 c. diced meat
Chocolate - 1 oz. = 1 sq. or 4 tbl. grated
Crumbs, bread - 2 oz. = 1 cup
Crackers - 3/4 cup = about 1 cup bread crumbs
Flour - 3 1/2 cups = about 1 lb.; 4 tbsp. = 1 oz.
Lard - 1 cup, packed solid = 1/2 lb.
Meat - 1 lb., as purchased, = when cooked, about 3 cups minced or 2 cups packed
Nuts - 1 cup shelled = 4 oz.
Nuts - 1 lb. in shell = about 1/2 lb. shelled
Onions - 1 large, minced = 1/2 cup
Onions - 1 medium, minced = 5 tbl.
Onions - 1 small, minced = 3 tbl.
Raisins - 1 cup = 6 oz.
Rice - 1 oz. = 2 1/2 tbl.; 2 cups equals 1 lb.
Suet - 1 lb. = 4 cups chopped
Sugar, granulated - 1/2 lb. = 1 cup; 1 oz. = 2 tbl.
Sugar, brown - 1/2 lb. = 1 3/8 cups
10 eggs, average size = 1 lb.
2 tbl. liquid = 1 oz.
1 cup cornmeal = 6 oz.
1 wine glass = 1 gill; 2 gills = 1 cup
2 cups = 1 pt.
2 pts. = 1 qt.
16 tbsp. = 1 cup
4 tbsp. = 1/4 cup
3 tsp. = 1 tbl.
4 salt spoons = 1 tbl.
a speck = 1/4 salt spoon
Size of a nut = 1 tsp.
Size of an egg = 1/4 cup
60 drops = 1 tsp.
2 coffee spoons = 1 tsp.
2 tsp. = 1 dessert spoon
1 heaping tsp. = 3 tsp. or 1 tbl.
1 rounded tsp., average dry material = 2 tsp.
1 cooking spoon = 1 tbl.
1 tbl. - averages 1 oz. of dry or 2 oz. of liquid
1 heaping tbsp. = 4 or 5 level tsp.
1 fluid dram = 3/4 tsp.
1 fluid oz. = 2 tbl.
1 liter = 1.06 qt.
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