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Kitchen Equivalents

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·1 LB= 4 medium · 1 LB = 2 cups, sliced, peeled Peanuts: ·1 LB Shelled = 2 1/4 cups Peas: · 1 LB in pod = 1 cup shelled Pecans: Potatoes: ·1 LB=3 medium · 1 LB = 3 cups, sliced.
·1 LB shelled = 3 to 4 cups nutmeats.
·Firmly packed brown, 1 LB = 2 1/4 cups Tomatoes: ·1 LB=2 to 3 medium 1 LB=18 oz. can ·1 LB = 1 cup, chopped Wafers, Vanilla: ·22 vanilla wafers = 1 cup crumbs Yeast, Compressed, 1 cake:. 2 envelopes, dry yeast ·2 TBS powdered yeast Yeast, Dry, 1 Envelope.

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