Basic equivalents & substitutions

1 Info only

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
250 Very slow
300 Slow
325 Moderately slow
350 Moderate
375 Moderately hot
400 Hot
450 Very hot
500 Extremely hot
1 tsp -- 60 drops
1 ounce -- 2 tablespoons
1 pint -- 2 cups
1 gallon -- 4 quarts
1 peck -- 8 quarts
1 bushel -- 4 pecks
1 dram -- 1/16 ounce
1 gram -- 1/30 ounce
1 kilo -- 2.20 pounds 1 liter -- Approximately 1 quart
1 meter -- 39.37 inches
Buttermilk or sour milk (reduce
liquids in recipe by 1/2 cup)
3 cups
1 cup 4 cups cooked Cream, heavy 1 cup 2 cups,
1 cup 1/3 cup butter plus 3/4 cup milk Eggs, whole 1
5 large eggs
milk to make 1 cup Mushrooms,

Directions

OVEN TEMPERATURES

Standard Weights & Measures ~-------------------------- A dash -- 8 drops

1 tb -- 3 teaspoons

¼ cup -- 4 tablespoons ⅓ cup -- 5⅓ tablespoons ½ cup -- 8 Tablespoons 1 cup -- 16 tbs., or 8 fluid ounces, or ½ pint

1 lb -- 16 ounces

1 qt -- 2 pints

Equivalents & Substitutions ~-------------------------- Almonds, shelled ¼ lb. 1 cup

: in shell 1 pound ¼ lb. nutmeats Apples, raw, unpared 1 pound 3 cups, pared & sliced Baking powder 1 tsp. ¼ tsp. baking soda plus ½ cup

other

Beans, dried 1 pound 6 cups cooked Bread, loaf 1 pound 12 to 16 slices Butter 1 stick ½ cup; ¼ lb.; 8 tbs. Cabbage, raw 1 pound 4 cups shredded Coffee 1 pound 40 to 50 servings Corn meal, uncooked 1 pound whipped

cup

whole 1 pound 9 medium eggs yolks 1 cup 12 large yolks whites 1 cup 8 to 10 large whites Garlic 1 md clove ⅛ tsp. garlic powder Herbs fresh, choped 1 tbs. 1 tsp. dried Lemon 1 2 ½ to 3 ½ tbs. juice; 2 tsp rind Macaroni : 1 pound 9 cups cooked Milk, sour : 1 cup 1 tbs. lemon juice or vinegar plus fresh 1 pound 6 to 8 ounces canned Mustard, dry 1 tsp. 1 tbs.

prepared Noodles 1 pound 9 cups cooked Peas in the pod 1 pound 1 cup shelled Rice, uncooked 1 pound 2 ½ cups uncooked; 8 cups cooked Raisins, seedless 1 cup 6 ounces Salt, table 1 ounce

1 ½ tablespoons

coarse 1 ounce 2 tablespoons Sugar, brown 1 pound 2 ¼ cups, firmly packed granulated brown 1 pound 3 ¾ cups confectioners' 1 pound 5 cups, sifted granulated, white 1 pound 2 ¼ cups

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