WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Reading edition
4 gills = 1 pint.
2 pints = 1 quart.
4 quarts = 1 gallon.
16 ounce = 1 pound.
½ kitchen cupful = 1 gill.
1 kitchen cupful = ½ pint or 2 gills.
4 kitchen cupfuls = 1 quart.
}2 cupfuls of granulated sugar 2½ cupfuls of powdered sugar = 1 pound.
1 heaping tablespoonful of sugar = 1 ounce.
}1 heaping tablespoonful of butter Butter size of an egg = 2 oz. or ¼ cupful.
1 cupful of butter = ½ pound.
}4 cupfuls of flour 1 heaping quart = 1 pound.
8 round tablespoonfuls of dry material = 1 cupful.
16 tablespoonfuls of liquid = 1 cupful.
PROPORTIONS
5 to 8 eggs to 1 quart of milk for custards. 3 to 4 eggs to 1 pint of milk for custards. 1 saltspoonful of salt to 1 quart of milk for custards. 1 teaspoonful of vanilla to 1 quart of milk for custards. 2 ounces of gelatine to 1¾ quarts of liquid. 4 heaping tablespoonfuls of cornstarch to 1 quart of milk. 3 heaping teaspoonfuls of baking-powder to 1 quart of flour. 1 even teaspoonful of baking-powder to 1 cupful of flour. 1 teaspoonful of soda to 1 pint of sour milk. 1 teaspoonful of soda to ½ pint of molasses. 1 teaspoonful of baking-powder is the equivalent of ½ teaspoonful of soda and 1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar.
For other proportions, see page 340. For measuring, see page 77.