HOW TO MEASURE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 915, 7 March 1930, Page 5

HOW TO MEASURE

Always sift flour once before measuring. Those who do not have standard measuring spoons must measure lengthwise when half a spoonful is required. To measure a cupful, or a spoonful of any dry ingredient, fill full, and level off with a knife, takiag care not to press. To measure fats, : pack well down before levelling off i their measure. WEIGHT SUBSTITUTES j One pint of granulated sugar equals |l4 ounces. One ounce of dry subj stance is equal to one tablespoonful. | Half a pound of flour is equal to one j breaklastcupful. Two ounces of sugar is equal to one large tablespoonful. LIQUIDS j One tablespoonful of liquid weighs ! ball an ounce. Oue dessertspoonful weights a quarter of an ounce. Thirty i drops of liquid equal oue tea- ! spoonful. Six tablespoonfuls equa, one I teacupful. Two tablespoonfuls of I Water make half a gill. One cupful of ! milk will mix one pound of flour. MONEY WISDOM In money weights, three penny pieces aro equal to one ounce. Three halfpennies weigh roughly half an ounce. A threepenny piece and a halfpenny equal one-quarter ounce. The use of substitute measures, too, is often convenient, and it is not difficult to keep in mind the fact that: A halfpenny piece measures one inch. A half-a-crown piece measures one and a-quavter inches. THE BREAKFAST TRAY The top of the morning to you and may your day always start with a well-brought-up breakfast tray! That is, if you breakfast in your room. Certainly no meal has so vital an effect on one’s good humour. Even the woman who only takes coffee and orange juice wants the coffee hot, the orange juice cold, and to have them presented in a dainty manner. In several of the perfectly run great English houses they have an excellent system for guests. A printed card is put on your desk each evening, asking what j'ou want for breakfast and at what hour you want it. Smaller households can do this in a more informal way—even by asking. ;ut something of this kind is -an excellent arrangement, since too much in the early morning can be as repellent as too little is distressing.