1.   For breads, a serving is about one ounce, or one slice of standard packaged loaf.

2.   Oil or butter a standard loaf pan.

3.   Shape into standard loaves or pull-apart loaves.

4.   Since large loaves keep better than smaller ones, the standard loaf was four to nine pounds.

5.   Use a flat casserole dish instead of the standard loaf pan, or each serving will get only a disappointingly dinky ration of mashers.

6.   In Kabul the price of bread has not changed -- but the weight of a standard loaf has dropped in response to the shortage of flour.