Food |
This Much |
Equals This Much |
Apples |
1 pound (3 medium) |
2 3/4–3 cups sliced |
Bacon |
8 slices |
1/2 cup crumbled |
Bananas |
1 pound (3 medium) |
2 1/2 cups sliced, 2 cups mashed |
Barley |
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• regular |
1cup uncooked |
4 cups cooked |
• quick |
1 cup uncooked |
3 cups cooked |
Beans, dry |
1 cup uncooked |
3 cups cooked |
Bread crumbs |
1 slice, dry |
1/4–1/3 cup crumbs |
Cabbage, shredded |
1 pound |
3 1/2–4 1/2 cups |
Candied fruit or peels |
1/2 pound |
1 1/4 cups cut up |
Cheese |
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• American |
1 pound |
4–5 cups shredded |
• cheddar |
1 pound |
4 cups shredded |
• mozzarella |
1 oz |
1/4 cup shredded |
Coconut, flaked or shredded |
1 pound |
5 cups |
Chocolate |
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• morsels or chips |
6-oz package |
1 cup |
• cocoa |
1 pound |
4 cups |
• chocolate |
1/2 pound |
8 (1-oz each) squares unsweetened |
Coffee |
1 pound |
40–50 servings |
Cornmeal |
1 pound |
3 cups dry |
Crackers |
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• graham |
10 crackers |
1 cup fine crumbs |
• soda |
16 crackers |
1 cup coarse crumbs |
|
22 crackers |
1 cup fine crumbs |
Cranberries, fresh and uncooked |
1 pound |
4 cups |
Cream, heavy whipping |
1 cup (1/2 pint) |
2 cups whipped |
Dates, pitted and cut up |
1 pound |
2 1/2 cups |
Fat |
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• butter or margarine |
1 pound (4 sticks) |
2 cups |
• solid |
1/4 pound (1 stick) |
1/2 cup or 8 Tbsp |
• butter, whipped |
1 pound |
3 cups |
• oils |
1 quart |
4 cups |
• shortening |
1 pound |
2 1/2 cups |
Figs, dried and cut fine |
1 pound |
2 2/3 cups |
Flour |
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• corn |
2 pounds |
8 cups |
• gluten, sifted |
2 pounds |
6 1/2 cups |
• rice |
2 pounds |
|
-sifted |
|
7 cups |
-stirred, spooned |
|
5 3/4 cups |
• rye |
2 pounds |
|
-light, sifted |
|
10 cups |
-dark, sifted |
|
7 cups |
• soy |
2 pounds |
|
-full-fat, sifted |
|
15 cups |
-low-fat |
|
11 cups |
• wheat |
|
|
-all-purpose, sifted |
5 pounds |
20 cups |
-all-purpose, sifted |
2 pounds |
8 cups |
-unsifted, spooned |
2 pounds |
7 cups |
-bread, sifted |
2 pounds |
8 cups |
-cake, sifted |
2 pounds |
9 1/4 cups |
-cake, spooned |
2 pounds |
8 1/4 cups |
-pastry, sifted |
2 pounds |
9 cups |
-self-rising, sifted |
2 pounds |
8 cups |
-whole wheat, stirred |
2 pounds |
6 2/3 cups |
Marshmallows |
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• standard size |
1 pound |
4 cups |
• miniature |
1 pound |
13 1/2 cups |
Nuts |
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• almonds |
|
|
-in shell |
1 pound |
1–1 3/4 cups nutmeats |
-shelled |
1 pound |
3 cups blanched whole |
• English walnuts |
|
|
-in shell |
1 pound |
1 2/3 cups nutmeats |
-shelled |
1 pound |
4 1/2 cups halves |
|
|
3 2/3 cups chopped |
• filberts |
|
|
-in shell |
1 pound |
1 1/2 cups nutmeats |
-shelled |
1 pound |
3 1/4–3 1/2 cups nutmeats |
• peanuts |
|
|
-in shell |
1 pound |
2–2 1/4 cups nutmeats |
-shelled |
1 pound |
3–3 1/4 cups nutmeats |
• pecans |
|
|
-in shell |
1 pound |
2 1/4 cups nutmeats |
-shelled |
1 pound |
4–4 1/2 cups halves |
|
|
3–3 3/4 cups chopped |
Oats, rolled |
1 cup uncooked |
1 3/4 cups cooked |
Onion |
1 small |
1/4 cup chopped |
Pasta |
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• macaroni |
1 pound 1 cup uncooked |
4 cups uncooked 2–2 1/4 cups cooked |
• noodles |
1 cup uncooked |
1 3/4 cups cooked |
• spaghetti, 2-in. pieces |
1 pound |
4 3/4 cups uncooked 9–10 cups cooked |
Popcorn |
1/4 cup kernels |
8 cups popcorn |
potatoes |
1 pound diced or sliced |
1 1/2–2 1/4 cups cooked |
white |
(3 medium) |
1 3/4–2 cups mashed |
Prunes, dried, whole, and pitted |
1 pound |
2 1/4 cups |
Raisins |
1 pound |
3 1/4 cups |
Rice |
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• regular |
1 cup uncooked |
3 cups cooked |
• minute |
3/4 cup uncooked |
1 1/3 cups cooked |
• brown |
1 cup uncooked |
3 cups cooked |
Shrimp, fresh |
3/4 pound raw in shell |
1 cup cooked and cleaned |
Sugar |
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• brown |
1 pound |
2 1/4 cups firmly packed |
• confectioner’s, unsifted |
1 pound |
3–4 cups |
• granulated |
1 pound 5 pounds |
2 1/4 cups 11 1/4 cups |
Tea, loose |
1 pound |
200 cups |
Tomatoes |
1 pound |
1 1/2 cups chopped |
|
(3 medium) |
3/4 cup sliced |
Zucchini |
1 medium |
1 cup loosely packed, |