Household Measures

By Bailey1_

From 1879 cookbook

Ingredients

• Wheat flour - 1 pound is 1 quart
• Indian meal - 1 pound 2 ounces are 1 quart
• Butter - when soft, 1 pound is 1 pint
• Loaf sugar, broken, 1 pound is 1 quart
• White sugar, powdered, 1 pound 1 ounce are 1 quart
• Best brown sugar - 1 pound 2 ounces are 1 quart
• Flour - 8 quarts are 1 peck
• Flour - 4 pecks are 1 bushel
• Ten eggs are 1 pound
• 16 large Tablespoonfuls are 1/2 pint
• 8 large Tablespoonfuls are 1 gill
• 2 gills are 1/2 pint
• 1 gill = 1/2 cup
• A common size tumbler holds 1/2 pint
• A Tablespoonful is 1/2 ounce
• 60 drops are equal to a teaspoonful.
• 4 teaspoonfuls are equal to 1 Tablespoonful
• Modern measuring spoons: 3 teaspoonfuls = 1 Tablespoon

Preparation

Step 1

These measurements are from the Housekeeping in Old Virginia. 1879