teacupful
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teacupfuls
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Comparing the task of preparing for a new low-carbon era to the long drive from London to Edinburgh, he said: "You won't get very far on a teacupful of petrol."
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2010
Heat one teacupful of milk and beat three eggs and add to mixture.
From Civic League Cook Book by
Put a teacupful of olive oil into a deep frying pan, heat, put in the potatoes, tossing them till they are browned all over lightly.
From Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them by Cora Moore
To soften the fibre of the meat with vinegar and salad oil put on the platter about three tablespoonfuls of salad oil, and half a teacupful of vinegar and a pinch of pepper; no salt.
From A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery by Juliet Corson
If a superior pudding is desired, boil a tablespoonful of apricot jam in a teacupful of plain sugar syrup, add a little vanilla flavouring, and pour over the pudding at the moment of serving.
From Nelson's Home Comforts Thirteenth Edition by Mary Hooper
INGREDIENTS.—2 teacupfuls of rice, apples, moist sugar, cloves.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
Beat the yolks to a cream, to which add two teacupfuls of powdered sugar, beating again from five to ten minutes, then add two tablespoonfuls of milk or water, a pinch of salt and flavoring.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette
Beat together one teacupful of butter and three teacupfuls of sugar, and when quite light stir in one pint of sifted flour.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette
When done, moisten with 2 teacupfuls of white stock, boil for 20 minutes, and strain the whole through a sieve over the panada in the other stewpan.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
Take about 2 teacupfuls cooked German lentils—not too moist.
From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mrs. (Jean Oliver) Mill
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