Excerpt from Good Housekeeping's Book of Recipes and Household Discoveries: Every Recipe Actually Tested and Approved by the Department of Cookery of Good Housekeeping Institute A small Spatula for the leveling of all solid measurements is indispensable. An aluminum quart measure and a small compact spring scale may also be added to the measuring equipment. Use the scale more for checking the weights as purchased than for cooking by weight. A spring scale, while illegal in certain states because it can be easily tampered with, is nevertheless practical and accurate for household usage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.