OLD RECIPE LANGUAGE CONVERTED TO PRESENT DAY

I often get inquiries as to how to translate old recipe amounts, etc to modern day cooking. Margaret Johnson Brandon posted this on a Hand Written Recipes site I belong to. Thought it worth sharing here.

Here are a few conversions to help with old recipes
Modern Day Conversions
Very slow oven 275° F
Slow oven 300° F
Moderately slow oven 325° F
Moderate oven 350° F
Moderately hot oven 375° F
Quick oven 400° F
Hot oven 425° F
Very hot oven 450° - 475° F
1 box gelatine = 8 teaspoons of gelatin
1 cake yeast = 2 envelopes of dry yeast
1 coffee cup = 1 cup
1 dessert spoon = 2 teaspoons
1 gill = ½ cup
1 ounce ginger = 5 tablespoons
1 pint = 2 cups
1 pound brown sugar = 2½ cups, packed
1 pound butter = 2 cups
1 pound of flour = 4 cups
1 pound powdered sugar = 2½ cups
1 pound raisins = 2¾ cups
1 pound sugar = 2¼ cups
1 quart = 4 cups
1 salt spoon = ¼ teaspoon
1 spoonful = 1 tablespoon
1 teacup = ¾ cup
1 tumbler = 1 cup
1 wineglass = ¼ cup
size of an egg = ¼ cup
1 peck = ¼ bushel

FILE PHOTO

PRALINE-BOTTOM PUMPKIN PIE

This recipe is one I found from a BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS, November 1976 magazine. It was the first-place winner in the holiday pies category. The clipping is so bedraggled I couldn't post it clear enough to read so I will type it in.

4 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 9-inch baked pastry shell
1  2 1/4 - or - 3-ounce package no-bake custard mix
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
2/3 cup milk
1  5 1/3-ounce can (2/3 cup) evaporated milk
1  16-oz can (2 cups) pumpkin
Toasted chopped pecans

In small saucepan, melt butter or margarine. Stir in the 1/2 cup pecans and the brown sugar; cook and stir till mixture bubbles. Spread over bottom of baked pastry shell. Cool. In 2-quart saucepan, combine custard mix, granulated sugar, and spice. Stir in milk, evaporated milk, and pumpkin. Cook and stir till mixture bubbles. Cover and cool 10 minutes. Pour into pastry shell. Chill until firm. Garnish top with additional pecans.

This is just a file photo. The picture of this recipe was too old and wrinkled to post.