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Table 30. Vessel Volume and Caloric Yield
Mean Volume (ml)
Grams of Dry Cornmeal Needed to Fill Vessel
Calories Yielded
Number of People Serveda
White ware ladle
264
47
172
0.3
Small white ware bowl
808
145
537
1.0
Large white ware bowl
4,548
816
3,022
5.6
Small corrugated gray jar
2,826
507
1,851
3.4
Medium corrugated gray jar
12,879
2,311
8,435
15.7
Large corrugated gray jar
22,443
4,027
14,699
27.4
a Assumes each person is a 5'4" male weighing 130 lbs (Kamp 1998*1).
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