Tested and Arranged by Miss Leslie. decorative chapter break | Wheat flour | one pound of 16 ounces | is one quart. | | Indian meal | one pound 2 ounces | is one quart. | | Butter, when soft | one pound 1 ounce | is one quart. | | Loaf sugar, broken up, | one pound | is one quart. | | White sugar, powdered, | one pound 1 ounce | is one quart. | | Best brown sugar, | one pound 2 ounces | is one quart. | | Eggs | ten eggs | weigh one pound. | LIQUID MEASURE. | Four large table-spoonfuls | are | half a jill. | | Eight large table-spoonfuls | are | one jill. | | Two jills | are | half a pint. | | A common-sized tumbler | holds | half a pint. | | A common-sized wine-glass | holds about | half a jill. | | Two pints | are | one quart. | | Four quarts | are | one gallon. | | About twenty-five drops of any thin liquid will fill a common-sized tea-spoon. | | Four table-spoonfuls will generally fill a common-sized wine-glass. | | Four wine-glasses will fill a half pint tumbler, or a large coffee-cup. | | A quart black bottle holds in reality about a pint and a half; sometimes not so much. | | A table-spoonful of salt is about one ounce. | DRY MEASURE. | Half a gallon | is | a quarter of a peck. | | One gallon | is | half a peck. | | Two gallons | are | one peck. | | Four gallons | are | half a bushel. | | Eight gallons | are | one bushel. | Throughout this book, the pound is avoirdupois weight—sixteen ounces.
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