This section is from the book "A New Book Of Cookery", by Fannie Merritt Farmer. See also: How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food.
Pour liquid to be measured into cup and fill to very top for cupfuls. A cupful of liquid is all that the cup will hold and cannot be easily moved from one place to another without overflowing. For fractions of cupfuls fill in like manner to correct division line indicated in cup.
Dip spoon in liquid, fill and lift, taking up all the spoon will hold. When dry ingredients, liquids, and fats are all called for in the same recipe, measure in the order given, thereby using but one cup.
 
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