| 25 per lb. Hominy | boiled | 1-0 | ... Lamb | roasted | ... | 15-20 per lb. Mutton, boiled or | roasted | ... | 15-20 per lb. Macaroni | boiled | ... | 20-30 Muffins | baked | ... | 15-30 Mushrooms | broiled | ... | 12 Mushrooms | stewed | ... | 20 Onions | boiled | ... | 45-60 Oysters, broiled or | fried | ... | 3-5 Oyster plant | boiled | ... | 45-60 Oatmeal | boiled | 1-0 | ... Parsnips | boiled | ... | 30-45 Pork | roasted | ... | 30 per lb. Pork | broiled | ... | 20 Potatoes | boiled | ... | 25-30 Potatoes | baked | ... | 45 Peas | boiled | ... | 20-30 Rice | boiled | ... | 20-40 Sausage | fried | ... | 10-15 Spinach | boiled | ... | 30-45 Squash | boiled | ... | 25-35 Tomatoes | stewed | 1-0 | ... Turkey, boiled or | roasted | ... | 20 per lb. Turnips | boiled | ... | 45 Veal | roasted | ... | 20 per lb. --------------------+---------+--------+-------------- WEIGHTS AND MEASURES I 3 teaspoonfuls, dry = 1 tablespoonful. 4 teaspoonfuls, liquid = 1 tablespoonful. 4 tablespoonfuls, liquid = 1 wineglassful = ½ gill. 2 wineglassfuls, liquid = 1 gill = ½ cup. 16 tablespoonfuls, liquid = 2 gills = 1 cup. 12 rounded tablespoonfuls, dry = 1 cup. ½ pint, liquid = 1 cup. 4 wineglasses = 1 cup. ¼ lb. of flour = 1 cup. ½ lb. granulated sugar = 1 cup. ½ lb. butter, solid = 1 cup. 4 gills = 1 pint. 2 cups = 1 pint. 2 pints = 1 quart. 4 quarts = 1 gallon. II 1 tablespoonful, heaped, granulated sugar = 1 ounce. 1 tablespoonful, rounded, butter = 1 ounce. 1 tablespoonful, liquid = ½ ounce. 1 tablespoonful, rounded, flour = ½ ounce. 1 tablespoonful, rounded, coffee = ½ ounce. 1 tablespoonful, rounded, powdered sugar = ½ ounce. 16 ounces = 1 pound. 4 cups of flour = 1 pound = 1 quart. 2 cups butter, solid = 1 pound. 2 cups granulated sugar = 1 pound. 2½ cups powdered sugar = 1 pound. 2 cups or 1 pint water or milk = 1 pound. 1 pint chopped meat, solid = 1 pound. 10 eggs = 1 pound. XIII WASHING AND IRONING THE day when we wear paper clothes and rarely wear them twice has not yet come. Meanwhile washing and ironing must be done, either in the home or elsewhere. Even when this work has been banished to a laundry or a house on a back street, it is yet desirable to have some knowledge of its processes, that when something goes wrong we may be able to tell what the trouble is.
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