Pyrex Measuring Cup used in Julia Child's Kitchen
Pyrex Measuring Cup used in Julia Child's Kitchen
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- Description
- To determine volume, weight, temperature, and time, cooks use measuring cups and spoons (for liquids and dry ingredients), thermometers of all sorts for the oven, freezer, or deep-fat fryer; for chocolate, dough, meat, candy, and jelly; scales for liquids and solids; salometers or hydrometers to test the density of a salt or sugar solution; and timers. The well-known cookbook author and television cooking show star Julia Child had a number of the most commonly used American kitchen measuring devices in her kitchen. Now in the collections of the National Museum of American History, Julia's Pyrex glass one- and two- cup measures, are marked in both English measurements (1 cup; 8 oz.) and in metric (250 ml).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- measuring cup
- user
- Child, Julia
- maker
- Corning Incorporated
- used
- United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 cm x 13 cm; 3 9/16 in x 5 1/8 in
- ID Number
- 2001.0253.0284
- catalog number
- 2001.0253.0284
- accession number
- 2001.0253
- Credit Line
- Gift of Julia Child
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- Cultural and Community Life: Occupations
- Measuring & Mapping
- Julia Child's Kitchen
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Crystal Dudley
Wed, 2012-11-14 12:28