Heirloom Weights & Measures Conversion Chart

Need help figuring out weights and measures in Grandma's heirloom recipes? This chart will help you understand those oftimes cryptic measurements and instructions.

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Measurements
1 wineglass	1/4 cup
1 jigger	1.5 fluid ounces
1 gill	1/2 cup
1 teacup	a scant 3/4 cup
1 coffeecup	a scant cup
1 tumbler	1 cup
1 pint	2 cups
1 quart	4 cups
1 peck	2 gallons - dry
1 pinch or dash	what can be picked up between thumb and first two fingers; less than 1/8 teaspoon
1/2 pinch	what can be picked up between thumb and one finger
1 saltspoon	1/4 teaspoon
1 kitchen spoon	1 teaspoon
1 dessert spoon	2 teaspoons or 1 soupspoon
1 spoonful	1 Tablespoon more or less
1 saucer	1 heaping cup (about)
Temperatures
Very slow oven	below 300 degrees F.
Slow oven	300 degrees F.
Moderately slow oven	325 degrees F.
Moderate oven	350 degrees F.
Moderately hot oven	375 degrees F.
Quick oven	375 - 400 degrees F.
Hot oven	400-425 degrees F.
Very hot oven	450-475 degrees F.
Extremely hot oven	500 degrees F. or more
Common Weights
1 penny weight	1/20 ounce
1 drachm	1/8 ounce
60 drops thick fluid	1 teaspoon
1 ounce	4-1/2 Tablespoons allspice, cinnamon, curry , paprika or dry mustard or 4 Tablespoons cloves or prepared mustard or 3-1/2 Tablespoons nutmeg or pepper or 3 Tablespoons sage, cream of tartar or cornstarch or 2 Tablespoons salt or any liquid
1 pound	2 cups liquid or 4 cups flour or 8 medium eggs with shells or 10 eggs without shells or 2 cups granulated sugar or 2-1/3 cups packed brown sugar or 3-3/4 cups unsifted confectioner's sugar or 4-1/2 cups sifted confectioner's sugar or 4 cups grated cabbage, cranberries, coffee or chopped celery or 3 cups corn meal or 2 cups uncooked rice or 2-3/4 cups raisins or dried currants
Butter the size of a egg	1/4 cup or 2 ounces
Butter the size of a walnut	1 Tablespoon
Butter the size of a hazelnut	1 teaspoon

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