WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, 3 January 1903, Page 6

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

One teaspoonful equals one dram. One dessertspoonful equals two spoonfuls, or two drams.

One tablespoonful equals two dessertspoonfuls, or four spoonfuls.

Two tablespoonfuls equal eight teaspoonfuls or one ounce. One common size wineglassfui equals two ounces or one half gill. A teacup is estimated to hold four fluid ounces or one gill. Ten ordinary sized eggs weigh one pound. Soft butter the size of an egg weighs one ounce. One quart of sifted flour, well heaped, weighs one pound. One pint of best brown sugar weighs thirteen ounces. Two teacupfuls, level, of granulated sugar weigh one pound. One and a third pints of powdered sugar weigh one pound. Two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar or. flour weigh one ounce. One tablespoonful, well rounded, of soft butter weighs one ounce. One pint, heaped, of granulated sugar weighs fourteen ounces. Two and a half teacupfuls, level, of the best brown sugar weigh one pound. Two and three-fourths te-aettpfnls, level, of powdered sugar weigh one pound. Miss Parloa says onp g-eneroua pint of liquid, or one pint of finely chopped meat, packed solidly, weighs one pound. Liquid Measure.—Four ounces equal one gill, four gills equal one pint, two pints equal one quart, four quarts equal one gallon.