No. 1— Cup and Spoon Measure. A CUP means the common size of white cup generally used in hotels and restaurants that holds -J pint of liquid. Water. — A pint is a pound, a cup is J pint, therefore a cup of water is 8 oz. SliLK. — A cup of milk is -J pint, or 8 oz. Eggs by Measure. — A cup of yolks or whites or of hoth mixed is ^ pound, equal in weight to five large eggs. It takes 9 whites to fill a cup. It takes 13 yolks to fill a cup. When you have yolks left over, it is near enough to count 2 yolks equal to one egg, or a cup of yolks as good as 7 eggs because richer than whole ones. Water should be added to them to increase the bulk and make them capable of being beaten light. Eggs by Count. — 10 eggs average a pound : 5 eggs fill a cup. When there are duck, goose, turkey, bantam or guinea-fowl eggs to be used, instead of counting they can be measured after breaking for cooking purposes by the above rule — i e, a cup of eggs is equal to 5 ordinary hen's eggs. Butter. — A cup of cold butter is 7^ ounces, if pressed in quite solid. A cup of melted butter is J oz lighter. It is COOKING FOR PROFIT. usually near pnough for cooking to call a cup J pound. Butter size of an egg is 1-J ounces. Lard. — Same as butter. Sugar. — A level cup of granulated sugar is 7 ounces — 2 cups is 2 ounces less than a pound. Although sugar by the grain is heavier than water, and will sink instantly the air spaces between the grains make a cupful weigh less than so much liquid. -J pound of granulated sugar is a cup rounded up. The pow- dered sugar that is known as fine gran- ulated weighs the same, icing sugar or flour of sugar is lighter, a cup is but 6 ounces. All that can be scooped up in /-a cup out of a barrel of any grade weighs ^/. jounces. Brown sugar a level cup is 6 ounces. Up in the mountains the cake receipts people have been used to, fail. It is all because of the sugar. So much sugar cannot be used at great elevations as at sea-level, hence the reason for be- ing particular about the weights. Molasses. — A cup of thick molasses weighs 12 ounces — that is three-quar- ters of a pound — half as much -as water and 5 ounces more than so much sugar. Thin syrups, however, do not weigh quite so much. Flour. — A level cup of flour is 4 ounces. A cup heaped up with all that can be dipped with it out of a barrel is 7 ounces, nearly twice as much as the level. A quart of flour just rounded over is a pound. B^AD-CRUMBS. — A cup of bread is 4 ounces pressed in rather solid. A pound of bread is a pressed-in quart. Corn-meal. — A cup of corn- meal is 5 ounces, 3 rounded cups are a pound, or a pound of coru-meal is a Httle less than a level quart. Oatmeal. — A level cup of oatmeal is 6 ounces. All that can be dipped up with a cup weio^hs 7 ounces — nearly ^ pt»und. Corn Starch. — A level cup of starch flour or cooking starch is G ounces, the same as corn-meal. All that can be heaped in a cup weighs 7 ounces. Farina. — The same as starch. Rice. — A level cup weighs 7 ounces All that can be heaped in a cup weighs 9 ounces. Light Bread Dough. — A rounded cup is ^ pound.

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No. 1— Cup and Spoon Measure. A CUP means the common size of white cup generally used in hotels and restaurants that holds -J pint of liquid. Water. — A pint is a pound, a cup is J pint, therefore a cup of water is 8 oz. SliLK. — A cup of milk is -J pint, or 8 oz. Eggs by Measure. — A cup of yolks or whites or of hoth mixed is ^ pound, equal in weight to five large eggs. It takes 9 whites to fill a cup. It takes 13 yolks to fill a cup. When you have yolks left over, it is near enough to count 2 yolks equal to one egg, or a cup of yolks as good as 7 eggs because richer than whole ones. Water should be added to them to increase the bulk and make them capable of being beaten light. Eggs by Count. — 10 eggs average a pound : 5 eggs fill a cup. When there are duck, goose, turkey, bantam or guinea-fowl eggs to be used, instead of counting they can be measured after breaking for cooking purposes by the above rule — i e, a cup of eggs is equal to 5 ordinary hen's eggs. Butter. — A cup of cold butter is 7^ ounces, if pressed in quite solid. A cup of melted butter is J oz lighter. It is usually near pnough for cooking to call a cup J pound. Butter size of an egg is 1-J ounces. Lard. — Same as butter. Sugar. — A level cup of granulated sugar is 7 ounces — 2 cups is 2 ounces less than a pound. Although sugar by the grain is heavier than water, and will sink instantly the air spaces between the grains make a cupful weigh less than so much liquid. -J pound of granulated sugar is a cup rounded up. The powdered sugar that is known as fine granulated weighs the same, icing sugar or flour of sugar is lighter, a cup is but 6 ounces. All that can be scooped up in /-a cup out of a barrel of any grade weighs ^/. jounces. Brown sugar a level cup is 6 ounces. Up in the mountains the cake receipts people have been used to, fail. It is all because of the sugar. So much sugar cannot be used at great elevations as at sea-level, hence the reason for being particular about the weights. Molasses. — A cup of thick molasses weighs 12 ounces — that is three-quarters of a pound — half as much -as water and 5 ounces more than so much sugar. Thin syrups, however, do not weigh quite so much. Flour. — A level cup of flour is 4 ounces. A cup heaped up with all that can be dipped with it out of a barrel is 7 ounces, nearly twice as much as the level. A quart of flour just rounded over is a pound. B^AD-CRUMBS. — A cup of bread is 4 ounces pressed in rather solid. A pound of bread is a pressed-in quart. Corn-meal. — A cup of corn- meal is 5 ounces, 3 rounded cups are a pound, or a pound of coru-meal is a Httle less than a level quart. Oatmeal. — A level cup of oatmeal is 6 ounces. All that can be dipped up with a cup weighs 7 ounces — nearly ^ pound. Corn Starch. — A level cup of starch flour or cooking starch is G ounces, the same as corn-meal. All that can be heaped in a cup weighs 7 ounces. Farina. — The same as starch. Rice. — A level cup weighs 7 ounces All that can be heaped in a cup weighs 9 ounces. Light Bread Dough. — A rounded cup is ^ pound.

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