How to Measure

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top 1000The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

By Fannie Merritt Farmer

Published 1896

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Correct measurements are absolutely necessary to insure the best results. Good judgment, with experience, has taught some to measure by sight; but the majority need definite guides.

Tin measuring-cups, divided in quarters or thirds, holding one half-pint, and tea and table spoons of regulation sizes, — which may be bought at any store where kitchen furnishings are sold, — and a case knife, are essentials for correct measurement. Mixing-spoons, which are little larger than tablespoons, should not be confounded with the latter.