On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:31:04 -0700, sf > wrote:

>
>I went through some archived recipes today and found one in grams and
>"glasses". I googled and glasses are mainly modern measurements for
>beer (and wine).
>
>Question: Does anyone know what the old fashioned "one glass"
>converts to in teaspoons, tablespoons or maybe a fraction of a cup?
>
>I vaguely remember reading about measuring by "glass" and picturing an
>old fashioned sherry glass. If that's the case, I have one which
>measures at 4 tablespoons, *exactly*.

You have it. My Early American Cookbook shows a glass (AKA WineGlass)
to be 1/2 gill, 1/4 cup or 4 Tbs. Four glasses to the cup.

Alex