Measurements

Vintage measurements?  Well, some terms are old and just down right odd when you are searching vintage recipes.  I thought you might enjoy this list from a 1911 cookbook.

MEASUREMENTS

Flour is always sifted once before measuring and is laid into the measure lightly with a spoon to just level, without being shaken down; when measured otherwise, results will not be correct.

The measurements of tablespoons and teaspoons in this book are for slightly rounded spoons, as granulated sugar would be when the spoon is shaken sidewise. This seems the natural way of measuring. When level spoons are specified, the spoon is leveled off with a spatula or the straight edge of a knife.

The half-pint cup is the standard measuring cup.

A cupful is all the cup will hold without running over.

A speck	equals ¼ saltspn.
1 saltspn	equals ¼ teaspn.
2 teaspns	equals 1 dessert spn.
1½ dessert spn	equals 1 tablespn.
3 teaspns	equals 1 tablespn.
1 tablespn. sugar or corn starch	equals 1½ level tablespn.
3 level tablespns. cracker crumbs	equals ¼ cup.
9½ tablespns. granulated sugar	equals 1 cup.
15¼ level tablespns. granulated sugar	equals 1 cup.
3 tablespns. liquid	equals ¼ cup.
4 tablespns. liquid	equals ⅓ cup.
4½ level tablespns. butter	equals ⅓ cup.
3 rounded tablespns. butter	equals ⅓ cup.
12 tablespns. liquid	equals 1 cup.
1 wine glass	equals ¼ cup.
1 gill	equals ½ cup.
1 cup	equals ½ pint.
1 tumbler	equals ½ pint.
4 gills–2 cups	equals 1 pint.
2 pints	equals 1 quart.
4 quarts	equals 1 gallon.
2 cups (1 pint) granulated sugar	equals 1 pound.
2½ cups powdered sugar	equals 1 pound.
3⅔ cups light or medium brown sugar	equals 1 pound
2 cups butter	equals 1 pound
4 cups good pastry flour	equals 1 pound
3½–3⅞ cups good bread flour	equals 1 pound
3½ plus, cups rice	equals 1 pound
3 cups seeded raisins	equals 1 pound
3¼ cups currants	equals 1 pound
4 cups desiccated cocoanut	equals 1 pound
1 pint milk or water	equals 1 pound
1 rounded tablespn. butter	equals 1 ounce
Butter size of a walnut	equals 1 ounce
Butter size of an egg	equals 2 ounces
2 tablespns. oil	equals 1⅛ ounce
1 cup of oil	equals 6¾ ounces
2 rounded tablespns. flour	equals 1 ounce
1 rounded tablespn. sugar	equals 1 ounce
1½ level tablespn. table salt	equals 1 ounce
8 eggs in shell	equals 1 pound
10 eggs out of shell	equals 1 pound
12 ears of corn	equals 3 cups grated corn
1 ear of corn	equals ¼ cup grated corn
18 roots of oyster plant	equals 1¼ qt. sliced
1 bunch of oyster plant	equals ⅔ qt. sliced
1 bunch of oyster plant	equals 1 pt. after cooking