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| Name of Food | Quantity equaling one vieno
*(100 calories) | No. vienos
or amount
of heat
energy in
one pound | Nitrogen
factor | Weight of
one vieno
in grams | Grams of
nitrogen
in one
vieno |
| Sugars | | | | | |
| Honey | One ounce | 16 | .0 | 29.8 | .02 |
| Molasses—New Orleans | 1½ ounces | 13 | .0 | 36.5 | .01 |
| Maple-sirup | Four tablespoonfuls | 13 | .0 | 34.8 | .00 |
| Sugar— | | | | | |
| Cane, granulated | Three rounded teaspoonfuls | 19 | .0 | 24.4 | .00 |
| Maple | One ounce | 16 | .0 | 30.0 | .00 |
| Vegetables | | | | | |
| Beans— | | | | | |
| Lima (dried) | One ounce | 16 | .8 | 27.9 | .81 |
| Navy (dried) | One ounce | 16 | 1.1 | 28.1 | 1.13 |
| String | Half a pound | 2 | .8 | 232.6 | .85 |
| Beets | Half a pound | 2 | .5 | 211.0 | .54 |
| Cabbage | Three-fourths pound | 1 | .8 | 313.0 | .80 |
| Carrots | Half a pound | 2 | .5 | 215.0 | .54 |
| Celery | One pound | 1 | .9 | 533.5 | .94 |
| Corn (green) | One large ear | 5 | .6 | 96.5 | .62 |
| Lettuce | One pound | 1 | 1.0 | 504.0 | .98 |
| Onions | Half a pound | 2 | .5 | 202.0 | .52 |
| Parsnips | Six ounces | 2 | .5 | 181.0 | .46 |
| Peas— | | | | | |
| Dried | One ounce | 16 | 1.1 | 27.4 | 1.06 |
| Green | Quarter of a pound | 4 | 1.1 | 97.5 | 1.02 |
| Potatoes— | | | | | |
| Sweet | Three ounces | 6 | .2 | 80.0 | .23 |
| White | Quarter of a pound | 4 | .4 | 118.0 | .41 |
| Spinach | One pound | 1 | 1.5 | 412.0 | 1.49 |
| Squash | Half a pound | 2 | .5 | 211.0 | .47 |
| Tomatoes | One pound | 1 | .6 | 408.0 | .65 |
| Turnips | Half a pound | 2 | .5 | 245.0 | .51 |
HANDY TABLE
| One pound | = | 16 ounces |
| One pound | = | 453.57 grams |
| One ounce | = | 28.35 grams |
The weight of such foods as meat, fruit, etc., is so nearly equal to that of water that the weight may be calculated from the size, if that is known.
| One cubic inch | = | 16.5 grams |
| One cubic inch | = | about a half ounce |
| One cubic foot | = | 62 pounds |
| One gallon | = | 8 pounds |
| One pint | = | 476.4 grams |
Milk is slightly heavier than water, while oils or fats are lighter.
| One quart of milk | = | 980 grams |
| One quart of olive-oil | = | 876 grams |
| One average egg | = | 50 grams |
| One average olive | = | 6 grams |
| One Vieno | = | 100 calories |
| One decigram nitrogen | = | 13/5 of a gram of protein |