teacupful

Recipe: Crumble enough stale bread coarsely to make a teacupful. Put it into a bowl with a breakfast cupful of milk - let it soak all night.

"It'll be fun," my friend told me, "We can stay there for free if we give lectures." My friend neglected to mention that this particular spa was a place where people go to lose weight, and that they would try to pass off as lunch a teacupful of watery soup and half a slice of bread topped with five shreds of dry cheese.

When your ecru-coloured lace curtains fade you can freshen them up wonderfully if, when next you wash them, you add a teacupful of strained coffee or tea to the water.

with a teacupful of gravy; season it with cayenne, salt and catsup.

ABLADDER infections of any kind can be greatly helped by the herbal remedy Buchu Compound, which should be taken at a dose of a teacupful twice a day.