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Common Weights Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 penny weight = 1/20 ounce

1 drachm = 1/8 ounce

60 drops of thick fluid = 1 teaspoon

1 ounce = 4 1/2 tablespoons of allspice, cinnamon, curry, papricka or dry mustard
4 tablespoons cloves or prepared mustard or
3 1/2 tablespoons nutmeg or pepper or
3 tablespoons sage, cream of tarter or cornstarch or 2 tablespoons salt or any liquid

1 pound = 2 cups liquid or
4 cups flour or 8 medium eggs with shells or
10 eggs without shells or
2 cups granulated sugar or
2 1/3 cups packed brown sugar or
3 3/4 cups unsifted confectioners sugar or
4 1/2 cups sifted confectioners sugar or
4 cups grated cabbage, cranberries, coffee or chopped celery or
3 cups corn meal or
2 cups of uncooked rice or
2 3/4 cups raisens or dried currants

butter the size of an egg = 1/4 cup or 2 oz

butter the size of a walnut = 1 tablespoon

butter the size of a hazelnut = 1 teaspoon

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