Here are 2 tables which will show you how to convert those old heirloom recipes into today's standard recipes.

HEIRLOOM RECIPE CONVERSION CHART
1 pinch or dash	what can be picked up between thumb and first two fingers; less than 1/8 teaspoon
1/2 pinch	what can be picked up between thumb and one finger
1 coffeecup	a scant cup
1 teacup	a scant 3/4 cup
1 tumbler	1 cup
1 saltspoon	1/4 teaspoon
1 kitchen spoon	1 teaspoon
1 dessert spoon	2 teaspoons or 1 soup spoon
1 spoonful	1 Tablespoon more or less
1 saucer	1 heaping cup (about)
1 jigger	1.5 fluid ounces
1 wineglass	1/4 cup

HEIRLOOM OVEN CONVERSION CHART
Very slow oven	Below 300º
Slow oven	300º
Moderately slow oven	325º
Moderate oven	350º
Moderately hot oven	375º
Quick oven	375º to 400º
Hot oven	400º to 425º
Very hot oven	450º to 475º
Extremely hot oven	500º or more

-- Karen (mountains_mama2@hotmail.com), April 09, 2002