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  2. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    1 ⁄ 16 cup 1 ⁄ 2: 14.7868 2 tablespoons = 1 fluid ounce fluid ounce: fl.oz. or oz. 1 ⁄ 8 cup 1 29.5735 2 fluid ounce = 1 wineglass wineglass‡ wgf. 1 ⁄ 4 cup 2 59.1471 2 wineglasses = 1 teacup gill‡ or teacup‡ tcf. 1 ⁄ 2 cup 4 118.294 2 teacups = 1 cup cup: C 1 ⁄ 2 pint 8 236.588 2 cups = 1 pint pint: pt. 1 ⁄ 2 qt 16 473.176 ...

  3. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes.In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup commonly being rounded up to 240 millilitres (legal cup), but 250 ml is also used depending on the ...

  4. Lard - Wikipedia

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    Food energy per 100 g (3.5 oz) 3,770 kJ (900 kcal) ... Many cuisines use lard as a cooking fat or shortening, or as a spread in the same ways as butter.

  5. Shortening - Wikipedia

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    Shortening is any fat that is a solid at room temperature and is used to make crumbly pastry and other food products. The idea of shortening dates back to at least the 18th century, well before the invention of modern, shelf-stable vegetable shortening. [1] In the earlier centuries, lard was the primary ingredient used to shorten dough. [2]

  6. Measuring cup - Wikipedia

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    Dry measure cups without a scale are sometimes used, in sets typically of ⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠, ⁠ 1 / 3 ⁠, ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠, and 1 cup. The units may be milliliters or fractions of a liter, or the cup (unit, with varying definitions) with its fractions (typically ⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠, ⁠ 1 / 3 ⁠, ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠, ⁠ 2 / 3 ⁠, and ⁠ 3 / 4 ⁠), pints ...

  7. Template:Smoke point of cooking oils - Wikipedia

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    Smoke point [caution 1] Almond oil: 221 °C: 430 °F [1] Avocado oil: Refined: 271 °C: 520 °F [2] [3] Avocado oil: Unrefined: 250 °C: 482 °F [4] Beef tallow: 250 °C: 480 °F Butter: 150 °C: 302 °F [5] Butter: Clarified: 250 °C: 482 °F [6] Castor oil: Refined: 200 °C [7] 392 °F Coconut oil: Refined, dry: 204 °C: 400 °F [8] Coconut ...

  8. British standard ordnance weights and measurements - Wikipedia

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    Ordnance QF 1-pounder "pom pom" Infantry gun/AA gun 37 mm 1.457 inch Ordnance QF 2-pounder: Anti-tank gun 40 mm 1.575 inch Ordnance QF 2-pounder "pom pom" Anti-aircraft gun 40 mm 1.575 Ordnance QF 3-pounder Vickers: Naval gun 47 mm 1.85 inch Ordnance QF 6-pounder: Anti-tank gun 57 mm 2.244 inch Ordnance BL 10-pounder Mountain gun: Mountain gun ...

  9. Spry Vegetable Shortening - Wikipedia

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    Spry was a brand of vegetable shortening produced by Lever Brothers starting in 1936. It was a competitor for Procter & Gamble's Crisco, and through aggressive marketing through its mascot Aunt Jenny had reached 75 percent of Crisco's market share.