Practical Ratios for Some Food-storage Items

These equivants and replacements are by Wendy DeWitt in a PDF document at the BYU Broadcasting website whose Living Essentials program she graced as guest expert on solar cooking.

See http://www.byubroadcasting.org/livingessentials/files/406AdditionalResources.pdf for recipes and explanations for solar cooking.

However, the first part of that page was copied and reformatted because unreadable and unusable in the inconsistent and chicken-scratch notation used.

Applesauce 16 tbsp equals 1 cup 4 cups equal 1 qt    
Apple slices 10 cups in a #10 can equal 1¼ lb 1 cup dry + ½ cup water equal 2 cups fresh    
Baking powder 32 tbsp equal 1 lb      
Baking soda 32 tbsp equal 1 lb      
Beans 1 lb equals 2½ cups dry equal 6 cups cooked 12 cups in a #10 can    
Carrots 12 cups in a #10 can equal 2½ lb ½ cup dry equals 1 cup hydrated carrots    
Celery 2 oz equal 1 cup 12 cups in #10 can ½ cup dry equals 1 cup hydrated celery  
Cheese powder 4 cups in 1 lb of powder 96 tbsp equal 1 lb 1 tbsp per 1 cup cooked macaroni  
Cocoa 90 tbsp equal 1 lb 20+ years shelf life. Store in jars. Don't vacuum pack.    
Cornmeal 4 cups equal 1 lb      
Cornstarch 45 tbsp equal 1 lb      
Eggs (powdered) 32 eggs equal 1 lb 2 eggs equal 1 oz    
Flour 19 cups equal 5 lb 12 cups in a #10 can    
Gelatin (unflavored) 1 oz unflavored gelatin equals 12 tsp of gelatin equal 12 "eggs" 1 lb gelatin equals 192 "eggs" 1 tsp gelatin + 3 tbsp cold water + 2 tbsp hot water equal 1 "egg"  
Honey 20 tbsp equal 1 cup 13 oz equal 1 cup 6 cups equal 5 lb  
Hot chocolate 12 cups in a #10 can #10 can equals 56 liquid cups    
Macaroni 12 cups in a #10 can 4 cups equal 1 lb 2 cups dry equal 5 cups cooked  
Malt-o-Meal ¼ cup dry equals 1 cup cooked 1 28 oz box equals 4 ½ cups dry or 18 cups cooked    
Meats 1 pint bottle holds 1 lb of meat      
Milk ¼ cup dry milk + 1 cup water equal 1 cup milk 12-13 cups powder in a #10 can about 1/3 lb dry equals 1 cup dry a #10 can equals 58 liquid cups
Mushrooms 4 cups dehydrated equal 3 oz 20 cups equal 1 lb    
Noodles 4 cups equal 8 oz 2 cups dry equal 2 cups cooked    
Regular oats 12-13 cups in a #10 can 1 cup equals 4 oz    
Onion ½ onion equals 2 – 3 tbsp dry 16 tbsp dry equal 1 cup 12 cups equal #10 can equals 192 tbsp  
Parsley 30 tbsp equal 1 oz      
Pepper 6 tbsp equal 1 oz      
Pizza spice 42 tbsp equal 1 lb      
Popcorn 12 cups in a #10 can 1 cup popcorn equals 16 cups popped    
Potatoes (instant) 12 cups in a #10 can 1½ cups flakes + 1½ cups water equal 2 cups potatoes    
Pudding mix 12-13 cups mix in a #10 can      
Raisins 4 cups equal 1 lb      
Rice 12 cups in a #10 can 2-1/3 cups equal 1 lb 1 cup raw equals 3 cups cooked  
Salt 1½ tbsp equal 1 oz 1 container equals 26 oz equal 39 tbsp equal 117 tsp    
Shortening 227 tbsp equal 6 lb can 17 tbsp equal 1 cup 2¼ cups equal 1 lb 1 cup + 6 tsp water equal 1 cup butter
Soup base 1/8 - ¼ cup dry makes 6 cups broth      
Spaghetti 4-5 lb in a #10 can 8 oz equal 4 cups cooked    
Spices 1 cup equals 4 oz equal 16 tbsp 64 tbsp equal approximately 1 lb    
Sugar (white) 12 cups in a #10 can 2 cups equal 1 lb 1 lb equals 32 tbsp equal 96 tsp  
Sugar (brown) 1-1/3 cups equal 1 lb      
Tapioca 40 tbsp equal 1 lb 1 tbsp equals 1 cup cooked    
Tomato powder 1 cup powder + 2 cups water equal 2 cups tomato sauce      
Wheat #10 can equals 5-2/3 lb equal 12 cups equal 18 cups flour when ground 1 cup wheat equals 1½ cups flour 1 lb equals 2¼ cups wheat equal 3-1/3 cups flour*  
Yeast 1 lb compressed equals 8 oz equal 24 tbsp Shelf life: indefinite in freezer or 1 year out of freezer    

* Flour volume is very subjective: 3-1/3 cups of sifted flour can weigh considerably less than 1 pound and the same volume of compacted flour can weigh considerably more. Flour is best measured by weight, however, American recipes never use weight. If you can recast the recipes you intend to use from volumetic quantities to quantities by weight, they will be a lot easier to realize in low-tech environments.