How your great-grandmother filled the cellar every autumn: the 1915 standard guide to canning, preserving, pickling and jelly making.

Old-Kitchen Measure Converter

Mrs. Hill's measures, translated for the modern kitchen:

Conversions are approximate — every 19th-century kitchen's teacup was a little different, which is half the charm.

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