"Cupful" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... out. At least it was reduced to one tin-cupful, and Slade was about to take it when he saw that ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... out a steaming cupful, "if it wasn't interesting to watch you store it away, perhaps I wouldn't wait on you ...
— Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School - The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls • Jessie Graham Flower
... preparation of foods, certain points concerning them should receive attention. For instance, all powdered materials, such as flour, must first be sifted, as the amount increases upon sifting, it being definitely known that a cupful of unsifted flour will measure about 1-1/4 cupfuls after it is sifted. Lumps, such as those which form in salt and sugar, should be thoroughly crushed before measuring; if this is not done, accurate measurements cannot be secured, because lumps of such ingredients are more compact than ...
— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 - Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
... refreshment-room; it must have been drugged in some way. I scarcely tasted mine, the flavor was so awful; but father is an old traveler and drank the whole of his cupful!" ...
— The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu • Sax Rohmer
... 5-1/2 oz. of green corn, wash it well in hot water, and let it simmer for a few minutes with a little stock and 1-1/2 oz. butter. Then add strong stock, and let it simmer slowly with the lid on till the corn is soft. Then stir a tablespoonful of fine flour with half a cupful of milk, and add it to the soup, stirring all the time. This must then cook an hour longer. When ready to serve, mix the yolks of two eggs with a little sour cream, and add the soup carefully so that it is not curdled. ...
— Home Life in Germany • Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
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