One pint of liquid - - - one pound

Two cups granulated sugar - - one pound

Two and one-half cups powered sugar - one pound

Four cups of flour - one quart or one pound

Two heaped cups of butter - - one pound

One table-spoon butter - - - one ounce

Two table-spoons flour - - - one ounce

Butter size of an egg ... two ounces

Four table-spoons - - - one wineglass

Two wineglasses .... one gill

Four gills - - - one pint

Two pints .... one quart

Four'quarts .... one gallon

"What shall I have for dinner?

What shall I have for tea? An omelet, a chop or two,

Or a savory fricasee? Dear! How I wish that Nature

When she made her mighty plan, Hadn't given the task to woman

To care for hungry man."