Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 7 of 11 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Corn | 1/2 cup kernels (82g) | 77 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Hop | not in our table | 0 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
| Meat | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- two quarts of water
- one tablespoonful of sugar
- two pints of boiling water
- two gills are half a pint
- two pints are one quart
- four quarts are one gallon
- one pint liquid is one pound
- four cups of flour -- one quart
- one quart
- three cups of corn meal -- one pound
- one cup of butter -- half pound
- one pint of butter -- one pound
- one tablespoonful of butter -- one ounce
- two cups granulated sugar -- one pound
- one pint granulated sugar -- one pound
- one pint brown sugar -- thirteen ounces
- one pound is one quart
- one pound two ounces are one quart
- one pound is one pint
- one pound one ounce are one quart
- eight quarts are one peck
- a handful of hops
- a pint of yeast
- four large potatoes well mashed
- one teacup of indian meal
- one teacup of flour
- 4 table of weights
- four large old potatoes
- one-half teacupful of granulated sugar
- two large tablespoonsful of salt
- one cake of compressed yeast dissolved in milk-warm water
- one teacupful of potato yeast
- four large tablespoonsful are one pint
- seven large tablespoonsful are one gill
- four large tablespoonsful are half a gill
- one gill
- one teaspoonful
- four teaspoonsful are equal to one tablespoonful
- one tablespoonful
- two teaspoonsful are equal to one dessert-spoonful
- one dessert-spoonful
- twelve tablespoonsful are half a pint
- 5 one pint liquid is one pound
- one pound
- half pound
- one ounce
- one solid pint chopped meat -- one pound
- ten eggs are one pound
- four pecks are one bushel
- salt
Directions
Take two quarts of water, put in a handful of hops, and let them boil twenty minutes. Have ready four large potatoes well mashed. Strain the hop liquor, and pour it on the pota- toes. Add one teacup of Indian meal and one teacup of flour. Set it on the fire, and let it boil a few minutes. Then let it cool, and when it is milk warm put in one tablespoonful of sugar, one of salt, and half a pint of yeast. The next day bottle it tight. Be particular to stir it all the time it is on the fire.
4 TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
POTATO YEAST, No. 2 (without Hops).
Take four large old potatoes, peel and let them lie in cold water half an hour ; then grate the potatoes into two pints of boiling water ; add one-half teacupful of granulated sugar and two large tablespoonsful of salt. Boil for ten minutes, stir- ring all the time. When cool, set to rise, adding either one cake of compressed yeast dissolved in milk-warm water or one teacupful of potato yeast, if perfectly sweet.
THE HOUSEWIFE'S TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
The following is a very valuable housewife's table, by which persons, not having scales and weights at hand, may readily measure the articles wanted to form a recipe without the trouble of weighing, allowance to be made for extraordi- nary dry ness or moisture of the article weighed or measured :
Twenty-four large tablespoonsful are one pint.
Seven large tablespoonsful are one gill.
Four large tablespoonsful are half a gill.
Two gills are half a pint.
Two pints are one quart.
Four quarts are one gallon.
A common sized tumbler holds half a pint.
A common sized wineglass is half a gill.
A claret wineglass is one gill.
A tablespoonful is half an ounce.
Forty drops are equal to one teaspoonful.
Four teaspoonsful are equal to one tablespoonful.
Two teaspoonsful are equal to one dessert-spoonful.
Twelve tablespoonsful are half a pint.
TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 5
One pint liquid is one pound.
Four cups of flour — one quart or one pound.
Three cups of corn meal — one pound.
One cup of butter — half pound.
One pint of butter — one pound.
One tablespoonful of butter — one ounce.
One solid pint chopped meat — one pound.
Two cups granulated sugar — one pound.
One pint granulated sugar — one pound.
One pint brown sugar — thirteen ounces.
Wheat flour — one pound is one quart.
Indian meal — one pound two ounces are one quart.
Butter — when soft, one pound is one pint.
Lard — one pound is one pint.
Loaf sugar — broken, one pound is one quart.
White sugar — powdered, one pound one ounce are one quart.
Best brown sugar — one pound two ounces are one quart.
Ten eggs are one pound.
Flour — eight quarts are one peck.
Flour — four pecks are one bushel.