Name: Common Food Weights and Measures
Ingredients: -JUDI M. PHELPS

In the early 1990s, Americans spent annually twice as much on cut flowers as on overseas Protestant ministries, twice as much on women’s sheer hosiery, one and a half times as much on video games, one and a half times as much on pinball machines, slightly more on the lawn industry, about five times as much on pets, one and a half times as much on skin care, almost one and a half times as much on chewing gum, almost three times as much on swimming pools and accessories, approximately seven times as much on sweets, seventeen times as much on diets and diet-related products, twenty times as much on sports activities, approximately 26 times as much on soft drinks, and a staggering 140 times as much on legalized gambling activities.

Craig Blomberg

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Reference, Info., Misc.	1	Chart

INGREDIENTS

-JUDI M. PHELPS

INSTRUCTIONS

: Dash: less than 1/8 teaspoon       :
: 1 tablespoon: 3 teaspoons          :
: 4 tablespoons: 1/4 cup             :
: 5-1/3 tablespoons: 1/3 cup         :
: 8 tablespoons: 1/2 cup             :
: 10-2/3 tablespoons: 2/3 cup        :
: 12 tablespoons: 3/4 cup            :
: 16 tablespoons: 1 cup              :
: 1 fluid ounce: 2 tablespoons       :
: 1 cup: 1/2 pint (liquid)           :
: 2 cups: 1 pint                     :
: 2 pints (4 cups): 1 quart          :
: 4 quarts: 1 gallon                 :
: 8 quarts: 1 peck (dry)             :
: 4 pecks: 1 bushel                  :
: 16 ounces: 1 pound                 : Data taken from various sources and
cookbooks.
Shared and MM by Judi M. Phelps. jphelps@shell.portal.com,
juphelps@delphi.com, or jphelps@best.com
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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