tablespoon
1 tablespoon = 1/2 ounce
4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup or 1/2 gill
2 gills = 1 cup
2 cups = 1 pint
2 cups milk or water = 1 pound

Solids

2 tablespoons flour = 1 ounce
4 cups flour = 1 pound or 1 quart
2 solid level cups of butter or Cottolene = 1 pound
1/2 solid level cup butter = 1/4 pound
2 tablespoons granulated sugar = 1 ounce
2 cups granulated sugar = 1 pound
2-1/2 cups powdered sugar = 1 pound
2 solid cups chopped meat = 1 pound
2 tablespoons butter (solid and level) = 1 ounce
4 tablespoons butter (solid and level) = 1/4 cup
4 tablespoons coffee = 1 ounce
9 large eggs = 1 pound

Time Tables for Cooking

Baking Bread, Cakes and Puddings

Loaf bread 40 to 60 m.
Rolls, Biscuit 10 to 20 m.
Graham gems 30 m.
Gingerbread 20 to 30 m.
Sponge-cake 45 to 60 m.
Plain cake 30 to 40 m.
Fruit cake 2 to 3 hrs.
Cookies 10 to 15 m.
Bread pudding 1 hr.
Rice and Tapioca 1 hr.
Indian pudding 2 to 3 hrs.
Plum pudding 2 to 3 hrs.
Custards 15 to 20 m.
Steamed brown-bread 3 hrs.
Steamed puddings 1 to 3 hrs.
Pie-crust about 30 m.
Potatoes 30 to 45 m.
Baked beans 6 to 8 hrs.
Braised meat 3 to 4 hrs.
Scalloped dishes 15 to 20 m.

Baking Meats

Beef, sirloin, rare, per lb. 8 to 10 m.
Beef, sirloin, well done, per lb. 12 to 15 m.
Beef,