Home › Weights and Measures › Weights and Measures: Domestic

Weights and Measures: Domestic

Tables of Domestic Measure. The following are tables of domestic liquid and dry measure with compara tive measurements by spoonfuls, cupfuls, and the weight of distilled water. It will be noted that a tablespoonful, liquid measure, is divided into four teaspoonfuls, but that the tablespoonful, dry measure, is divided into three teaspoonfuls only:

Domestic Liquid Measure 10 drops...... 1 saltspoon. 4 saltspoons............. 1 teaspoon.

Measurement by Spoons 10 drops.... 4 saltspoons.... 4 teaspoons........ oz. water........... .. 000 1 basting spoon... ..... 1 gill.. e 1 gill......... 1 cup.......... 1 cup.. 10. 1 saltspoon. 1 teaspoon. 1 tablespoon. 1 tablespoon. 4 tablespoons. snoods 8 tablespoons. 32 teaspoons. 64 teaspoons. 16 tablespoons. 0 4 basting spoons Tumbler Measurement by Coffee Cup or Common 64 teaspoons............ 1 cup. 4 teaspoons........ 1 tablespoon. 16 tablespoons......... 1 cup. 4 tablespoons.... 1 basting spoon 4 basting spoons.. 1 cup. 2 basting spoons. 1 gill. 2 gills. 1 cup. 2 gills. ....... 1 cup. pint. 1 cup. 2 cups. 1 pint. 8 fluid oz 1 cup. 2 pints. 1 quart. 1 pint. ......... .. 2 cups. 1 gallon. 1 quart. 4 cups 4 quarts......

Domestic Dry Measure 4 saltspoons. 1 teaspoon. 3 teaspoons............. 1 tablespoon. 12 tablespoons. ..... 1 cup. & tablespoons, heaping.... 1 cup. 812 0Z...

Measurement by Water ..... 2 OZ.............. 4 oz.. 16 02........

ARTICLE. 1 teaspoon. 1 tablespoon. 1 basting spoon. 1 gill. 1 pint. 1 quart Weight of Food Stuffs Used in Cookery. The following is a comparative list of the bulk and weight of different articles of common domestic use. These will be found to vary slightly, but are as accurate as can be given and have been proved by universal experience to be sufficiently correct for all practical pur poses:

QUANTITY.

Almonds, shelled.

Barley......

Barley Bread crumbs, grated, Bread crumbs......

Butter.

Butter, hard. ..

Butter, melted.

Butter, packed.

Butter, soft..

Butter, soft.... ...

Butter, soft, well packed.

Citron, chopped.