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Amount in one serving i c. Calories in one serving- Cost of one serving RECIPES HOT CHOCOLATE 189 INGBEDIEHTS AMOTJSfT Weight Calories Unit Cost ToTAi Cost Sugar Grated chocolate Salt Boiling water Milk Vanilla ic. I^C. itsp. 3 c. 1 gal. 2 tsp. Mix the sugar, grated chocolate and salt with the boiling water and cook until smooth. Add the hot milk and cook ten to fifteen minutes to develop the flavor. Add vanilla and serve. One half teaspoon of cinnamon may be added for flavor if desired. Number of servings 27 Amount in one serving | c. Calories in one serving- Cost of one serving URN COFFEE Ingredients Coffee, ground medium fine Water Amount Weight Calories Unit Cost 4c. 2 gal. Total Cost Put the ground cofFee into an urn sack. Let the boiHng water from the water urn flow over the cofFee. Drain the coff'ee from the fatcet of the urn, and pour the entire amount over the ground cofi^ee twice. This should make a cofi^ee of good strength. The important points in making coflFee are that the urn should be kept perfectly clean, using clear water and steel wool or baking soda ; the water bags should be kept washed, and 190 QUANTITY COOKERY well aired ; the water used in making the coffee should always be actively boiling before the coffee is made, and the water in the jacket should be maintained at boiling temperature. Number of servings 48 Calories in one serving Amount in one serving f c. Cost of one serving CHAPTER VII TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND THEIR APPROXIMATE MEASURES Food Maiebial Weight Measuee Caiories Apples, A. P.,* fresh 6 oz. I apple 100 size box apples Apples, diced, half-inch cubes lib. 4ic. Apricots, dried, A. P.* lib. 3 c. I lb. apricots soaked and cooked equals 4J cups without juice. I lb. apricots after soaking and cook- ing weighs 25 lb., without juice. Baking powder lib. 2i c. Bananas, A. P.* lib. 3 medium sized Beans, dried lima, uncooked lib. 2|c. I lb. dried lima beans soaked and cooked equals 6i cups I lb. dried lima beans after soaking and cooking weighs 2 lb. 9 oz. Beans, kidney, A. P.* lib. 2|C. I lb. kidney beans soaked and cooked equals 7 cups. 1 lb. kidney beans after soaking and cooking weighs 2 lb. 61 oz. Beans, navy, A. P.* lib. 24 c. I lb. navy beans soaked and cooked equals 6 cups. I lb. navy beans after soaking and cooking weighs 2 lb. 3 oz. Beets, diced, cooked lib. 2ic. Bran lib. loj c. Bread, soft, broken lib. 9c. Bread, broken stale lib. 9c. Bread crumbs, stale, finely sifted lib. 3*c. Butter lib. 2 c. Cabbage, shredded lib. Sic. Celery, quarter-inch pieces lib. 4c. Carrots, diced lib. 4c. Cheese, cottage, A. P.*, unmixed lib. 2fc. Cheese, N. Y. or Wise, cream, fresh. lib. 2fc. cubed or cut fine Chicken, cooked and cubed lib. 3 e. *A. P. = As purchased. igz QUANTITY COOKERY TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (Continued) Food Material Weight Measure Calories Chocolate, cut fine lib. 3ic. Cinnamon, ground lib. 4 c. Cloves, ground lib. 3fc. Cocoa lib. 4 c. Cocoanut, short lib. 7c. Coffee, medium ground lib. 4lc. Corn, canned lib. lie. Corn meal lib. 3 c. I lb. corn meal when cooked equals 3iqt. Cornstarch lib. 3ic. Crackers, z inches by 2 inches lib. 108 Crackers, sodas, whole lib. 56 Crackers, broken lib. 10 c. Cranberries, uncooked lib. 5 c. Eggs, whole in shell lib. 8