The Method of Cookery
from the notes of Chef G
Measurements
- one gill == 1/4 pint
- one quart == 2 pints
- one gallon == 8 pints
- 20 fluid ounces == One Pint
- 26.3 g == one ounce
Boiling point
- 212 Degrees Fahrenheit
- 100 Degrees Celsius
Weight
- 56 Pounds == 1/2 hundred weight
- 112 Pounds == hundred weight
- 1 Ton == 20 hundred weight
- 2.2 pound == 1 Kilo
- 1000 gram == 1 Kilo
- 2 pound 4 ounce == 1 kilo