Food

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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

• 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 slice, soft

1/4–1/3 cup crumbs
1/2–3/4 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

• 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

• 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
1 cup uncooked

3 cups dry
4 cups cooked mush

Crackers

• 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

• 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

• 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

• standard size

1 pound

4 cups

• miniature

1 pound

13 1/2 cups

Nuts

• 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 oz uncooked

1 3/4 cups cooked
1/3 cup uncooked

Onion

1 small
1 medium
1 large

1/4 cup chopped
1/2 cup chopped
1 cup chopped

Pasta

• 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
1/3 cup kernels

8 cups popcorn
12 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

• 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
one 7-oz packed frozen peeled, cooked
one 4.5- or 5-oz can

1 cup cooked and cleaned

Sugar

• 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
(5–6 oz)

1 cup loosely packed,
grated