CONVERTING TO PRECISE TEMPERATURES

Older recipes sometimes don’t list an actual temperature, just a description. Early stoves were not precise so cooks had to go by feel and not actual temperature. This chart will convert the description into an actual precise temperature in degrees.

DESCRIPTION	TEMPERATURE
SLOW	250-300
SLOW MODERATE	325
MODERATE	350
QUICK MODERATE	375
MODERATELY HOT	400
HOT	425-450
VERY HOT	475-500

CONVERTING CAN SIZE TO CUPS

In older recipes you might find ingredients listed as a number 2 or number 300 can with no indication of how much the can contains. So this chart will make it easy to convert old recipes to easier to use terms.

CAN SIZE	CONTENTS
#1 TALL CAN	2 CUPS
# 2 CAN	2 ½ CUPS
#2 ½ CAN	3 ½ CUPS
#3 CAN	4 CUPS
#10 CAN	12-13 CUPS
#300 CAN	1 ¾ CUPS
# 303 CAN	2 CUPS
PICNIC CAN	1 ¼ CUPS