- All measurements are made level.
- A teaspoon of regulation size holds sixty drops.
- Three teaspoons of liquid equal one tablespoon.
- Four tablespoons of liquid equal one-half gill or one-quarter cup.
- Two gills equal one cup.
- Two cups equal one pint.
- Two pints (four cups) equal one quart.
- Four cups of liquid equal one quart.
- Four cups of flour equal one pound or one quart.
- Two cups of butter packed solidly equal one pound.
- One-half cup of butter packed solidly equals one-quarter pound, or four ounces.
- Two cups granulated sugar equal one pound.
- Two and one-half cups powdered sugar equal one pound.
- Two cups of milk or water equal one pound.
- Two cups chopped meat packed solidly equal one pound.
- Nine to ten eggs (without shells) equal one pound.
- Two tablespoons butter (solid and level) equal one ounce.
- Four tablespoons butter (solid and level) equal two ounces, or one-quarter cup.
- Two tablespoons granulated sugar equal one ounce.
- Four tablespoons flour equal one ounce.
- Four tablespoons coffee equal one ounce.
- One tablespoon liquid equals one-half ounce.
- Tbsp.—Tablespoon.
- Tsp.—Teaspoon.
- F. G.—Few grains.
The Refrigerator
For the preservation of food before cooking, and for the left-overs after a meal, there is no appliance placed in the home that is of so much importance as the refrigerator. It should be a McCray Refrigerator, a perfectly beautiful, practical, convenient and entirely sanitary accession to the needs of the kitchen, the chief essential of its furnishings. It should be large and well adapted to the wants and necessities of the household, with an ice capacity of at least one hundred pounds. It is the best made refrigerator, offered for sale and for the consumers comfort, in the world to-day. When planning your kitchen, be sure you have a place, well-selected, for one of these refrigerators. Its drain pipes should never be connected directly with the sewer, and if possible locate it so that the ice compartment may be reached from the outside from a rear porch—that is opening out of doors. This will save much annoyance from the iceman, with soiled shoes, trailing dripping ice across the clean kitchen floor. The refrigerator should be easy of access for the cook, for plain as well as fancy cooking, demands many steps. Much time and energy is saved by a little judicious planning in locating the kitchen appliances. Remember the old adage, “Let your head save your heels.”
Care of the Refrigerator
BRUSH FOR
REFRIGERATOR
DRAIN PIPE
In giving the proper attention to the care of the refrigerator, there are three very essential points to observe; the first, and most important, the location of the refrigerator, then the waste pipe, and last but not least a full supply of ice. If economy is an item in the management of the house, then special attention will be given the place in which refrigerator is placed—a cool, dry, well ventilated room, conveniently near the kitchen that steps may be saved and where the direct rays of the sun do not fall on it, and where the iceman can gain access to it without “tracking up” the kitchen with his soiled shoes.
The compartments in which the food is kept should be wiped out carefully once a week. If anything is spilled within the refrigerator it should be removed immediately. All crumbs, drops of liquid or small particles of food should be carefully and instantly removed.
Once a week the supply of ice may be allowed to run low; the ice may then be removed and the ice chamber thoroughly washed, the rack upon which the ice stands washed and rinsed with a solution of sal soda, the drain pipe and the trap also thoroughly swabbed out with a brush attached to a long wire handle, made for this purpose. Pour the solution through the drain pipe as far as it can be reached and then rinse with clear boiling water.
The ice compartment should be kept filled with ice. A large piece of ice keeps better than a small one and insures much better circulation of air. The door to the ice compartment should be kept tightly closed at all times save when it is being filled with ice. The fact is that all the doors should be opened and closed as quickly as possible.