teacupful
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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
In one gallon of milk there is about one teacupful of pure fat, nearly the same amount of sugar, one teacupful of body-building food needed to make muscle and blood.
From Health Lessons Book 1 by Davison, Alvin
Recipes in the older, much-prized cook-books often call for a teacupful of yeast.
From The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) by Anonymous
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 Hooper, Mary
Beat an egg yolk in a teacupful of milk, mix in the soup but do not allow to boil after egg is added.
From Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them by Moore, Cora
I drank four teacupfuls of it a day.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
Chocolate Caramels.—Put together over the fire one cup of molasses and two teacupfuls of sugar.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Put 2 teacupfuls crumbs in basin and pour boiling water or milk over.
From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)
Add three teacupfuls boiling milk or barley-water and simmer for fifteen minutes.
From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)
INGREDIENTS.—6 good-sized apples, 12 cloves, pounded sugar, 1 lemon, 2 teacupfuls of water, 1 tablespoonful of gelatine, a few drops of prepared cochineal.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
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