MJF - MEASUREMENTS FROM THE PAST by
Source: Mary Jane Farms
Ingredients
1 jogger = 1.5 fluid ounces
1 gill = 1/2 cup
1 teacup = a scant 3/4 cup
1 coffee up = a scant cup
1 peck = 2 gallons, dry
1 pinch/dash = what can be picked up between thumb and first two fingers
1/2 pinch = what can be picked up between thumb and one finger
1 saltspoon = 1/4 teaspoon
1 dessert spoon = 2 teaspoons or 1 soupspoon
1 spoonful = approximately 1 tablespoon
1 saucer = approximately 1 heaping cup
BUTTER:
Butter the size of an egg = 1/4 cup or 2 ounces
Butter the size of a walnut = 1 tablespoon
Butter the size of a hazelnut = 1 teaspoon
Instructions
These amounts came from "Home Cooking" on About.com