The Metropolitan Cook Book

A life insurance company teaching its policyholders to eat: the Metropolitan's own cookbook, given away from the tower on Madison Square.

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Table of Measures and Weights

equals 1 pound 4 cups flour (pastry).. 66 66 1 2 cups granulated sugar. 66 " 1 " 1 2 cups powdered sugar. 66 66 1 3½ cups confectioners' sugar... 66 66 1 2 cups brown sugar. " " 1 1 cups rice..... " " 1 4½ cups Graham flour. “ 66 1 3 cups entire wheat flour. 66 66 1 4 cups coffee..... " “ 1 2 cups finely chopped meat. " " 1 9 large eggs........ " 1 " 1 1 square Baker's chocolate. " 1 ounce 3 teaspoons.. " 1 tablespoon 16 tablespoons. " 1 cup 2 tablespoons butter. " 1 ounce 4 tablespoons flour. " 1 " 1 OVEN TEMPERATURES Slow-250° to 350° Fahrenheit.

Moderate-350° to 400° Fahrenheit.

Hot or "quick"-400° to 450° Fahrenheit.

Very hot-450° to 550° Fahrenheit.

Slow oven requires 1 burner halfway on.

Moderate oven requires 2 burners halfway on.

Hot oven requires 2 burners on full.

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