WEIGHTS & MEASURES

We use different measures. It is just a fact. BIG DEAL. Americans use American measures; Canadians, the British, and Australians are caught in-between; and the rest of the world, well…. we know you think the metric system is best. (Lucky for me, I don’t have to change yet, although I hear they are vigorously teaching the metric system in schools now)

There are two ways to deal with the situation

have a chart of conversions

even better, have a set of measuring tools that speakboth languages

My personal take has always been to
use measuring tools that speak the language of the recipe…
I don’t feel I need to know what the equivalent in another system is– I never have. When I lived abroad and used other language recipes, I just got the measurement tools that worked in that system. (I find it really strange when people go to the trouble of importing measuring tools from their country, and then stand around converting recipes so they can use their foreign tools)

Here’s my chart.… my kitchen measures all speak both languages

ABBREVIATIONS
C	cup
fl.oz	fluid ounce
gal	gallon
gm	gram
kg	kilogram
lb	pound
ml	milliliter
oz	ounce
pt	pint
qt	quart
t	teaspoon
T	tablespoon

VOLUME

METRIC	AMERICAN		IMPERIAL
5 ml	1 t
15 ml	1 T		1/2 fl. oz.
30 ml	2 T		1 fl. oz.
60 ml	1/4 C	2 fl. oz.
120 ml	1/2 C	4 fl. oz.
480 ml	2 C		16 fl. oz.
1 liter	4-1/4 C	34 fl. oz.
2 liters	8-1/2 C	68 fl. oz.
5 gm		1 t
15 gm	1 T		1/2 oz.
29 gm			1 oz
113 gm	1/4 lb	4 oz
227 gm	1/2 lb	8 oz
454 gm	1 lb		16 oz
908 gm	2 lb		32 oz.
1000 gm	2.2 lb	35 oz.
1 kg		2.2 lb	35 oz.

US WEIGHTS & MEASURES
dash or pinch less than 1/8 t
3 t	1 T
2 T	1/8 C or 1 fl.oz.
4 T	1/4 C
5-1/3 T	1/3 C
8 T	1/2 C or 4 fl.oz.
10-2/3 T	2/3 C
12 T	3/4 C
16 T	1 C or 8 fl.oz.
2 C	1 pt
2 pt	1 qt
4 qt	1 gal

OVEN TEMPERATURE
F	C
125	60
250	120
300	150
325	160
350	180
375	190
400	200
450	230

SUBSTITUTING HONEY for SUGAR

• Honey is sweeter than sugar.
• 12 oz. of honey equals 1 C of sugar
• Reduce liquid by 1/4 cup for each cup of honey used

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