Food Equivalents - Quantity and Yield from Macadamia to Mustard

Southern Food

Ingredient	Amount	Equivalent
Macadamia Nuts	5-oz can	1 cup whole
Macadamia Nuts	7-oz jar	1 1/2 cups
Macaroni, uncooked	1 cup	2 cups cooked
	1 lb	4 cups uncooked
	1 lb	8 cups cooked
Mangoes	1 med/12 oz	3/4 cup pulp
Manicotti	1 lb	10-12 pieces
Margarine	1/4-lb stick	1/2 cup
	1/4-lb stick	8 tbsp
	1 lb	4 sticks
	1 lb	2 cups
Margarine, soft	8-oz tub	16 tbsp
Marshmallows, miniature	1 cup	80 miniature
	1 cup	8 regular
	10 1/2-oz pkg	5 1/2 cups
Marshmallows, regular	1 regular	10 mini
	1 cup	11 regular
	10 1/2-oz pkg	45 regular
	16-oz pkg	65 regular
Marzipan	7 oz	7/8 cup
Mayonnaise	32-oz jar	4 cups
Milk	1 qt	4 cups
Milk, evaporated	5-oz can	2/3 cup
Milk, evaporated	12-oz can	1 1/2 cups
Milk, instant dry	1/3 cup	1 cup prepared
	9.6-oz pkg	4 cups dry
	9.6-oz pkg	3 cups prepared
Milk, sweetened condensed	14-oz can	1 1/4 cups
Mint, fresh leaves	1 cup	1/4 cup dried leaves
Molasses	16-oz jar	2 cups
Mushrooms, canned	4-oz can	2/3 cup
Mushrooms, canned	2/3-3/4 cup drained	6-8 oz fresh
Mushrooms, dried	2 1/2-3 oz	equal to 1 lb fresh when reconstituted
Mushrooms, fresh	1 lb	2 cups, sliced, sautéed
		18-20 med
		equal to 12 oz canned
		equal to 3 oz dried
Mussels, unshucked	1 qt	25 mussels
Mussels, unshucked	1 qt	1 cup meat
Mustard, dry	1 tsp	1 tbsp prepared mustard
Mustard, dry	1 oz	5 tbsp
Mustard, prepared	1 oz	2 tbsp
Mustard, prepared	8 oz	1 cup
Mustard Greens, fresh	1 lb	6-7 cups leaves
Mustard Greens, fresh	1 lb	1 1/2 cups cooked
Mustard Greens, frozen	10 oz	1 1/4 cups cooked

Amounts can vary depending on food item size, peel, manufacturers' packing, etc.

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