[J] A pound of sugar is three cupfuls; half a pound of flour, two and a half cupfuls—i. e., the ordinary sized kitchen cup. Do not try to make half the quantity.
[K] Dr. Franklin admits that Valentine’s extract is more nutritive than that of Liebig. I have heard other physicians say that they considered the Valentine much preferable to the Liebig extract, abandoning the use of the latter for the former.—Ed.
[L] Foreigners consider it vulgar to eat corn from the cob, although quite elegant to eat asparagus with their fingers.—Ed.