How flour was measured when there were no measures
Four household vessels used for measuring stand in a case — and none of them is a measure.
A mug, a bowl, a glass and a wooden scoop. None of these was made for measuring, yet all four appear in recipe records as a unit.
The museum placed a card beside them with their actual volumes — from 180 to 420 millilitres. The spread explains why the same "one bowl" gives different dough in different records.
