Basic equivalents & substitutions

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

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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