Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>In article >,
>sf > wrote:
>>Trying to buy new flour and sugar containers, but stymied by their
>>labels. Flour and sugar come in weight, but the containers come in
>>volume and there is no indication about which size would be
>>appropriate for 4 pounds of sugar or flour. Which size container do
>>you use to hold that amount?
>
>Google "how many cups in four pounds of flour".
>
>Four pounds of flour is 15 cups.
>Four pounds of sugar is 11.25 cups.
>
>Additional google of "convert 15 cups to liters" will reveal what size
>of Space Cube you need.
>
>Do you buy your flour in bulk? It's usually sold in 5-pound bags.

I buy flour and sugar in five pound bags and I store each in a wide
mouth 1 gallon glass jar. I don't see how it matters if there's some
headroom, headroom grows as they're used anyway, and I like to have
some room for the scoops that I leave in the jars. I store all dry
ingredients in glass. They don't need to be decorative as they are
kept out of sight in my pantry. I'm glad I saved lots of glass jars
as so many large jars today are plastic... I must have more than fifty
one quart glass mayo jars. Five pounds of rice fits in a one gallon
jar too. I used to buy pickles in one gallon glass jars and I saved
the empties. I suppose if one can't accumulate large glass jars too
readily simply buy a case of canning jars.
http://www.specialtybottle.com/widem...etallid.as px
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/1/3/1-gallon-jars