This section is from the "The P.E.O. Cook Book" book, by Chapter Z. Also available from Amazon: P.E.O. Cook Book.
Sixty drops make a tablespoon. Three teaspoons equal one table spoon. Eight rounded tablespoons of dry material equal one cupful.
Sixteen tablespoons of liquid equal one cupful.
One cup of liquid is one-half pint.
One heaping tablespoon is one ounce.
One heaping tablespoon of butter is two ounces.
One cup of butter or sugar is halt pound.
Two cups of flour is a pound.
One cup of rice is one-half pound.
One cup of bread crumbs is two ounces.
One pint of ordinary liquid is one pound.
 
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