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Country Info | Food and Drinks | Recipes for Traditional Food in Slovenia | US/UK/metric conversions |
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My sources give credit to Caroline Knight (cdfk@otter.hpl.hp.com) as the original source of these tables. Caroline, if you're still out there, many thanks!!!
Where needed, the conversion used is 1kg = 2.2lb
Here are some tables I've tried to compile using a variety of sources. Corrections and additions welcomed!
Maintained-by: cooking-faq@vuw.ac.nz (Amy Gale)
Electric Gas mark Description Farenheit Centigrade 225 F 110 C 1/4 Very cool 250 F 130 C 1/2 275 F 140 C 1 cool 300 F 150 C 2 325 F 170 C 3 very moderate 350 F 180 C 4 moderate 375 F 190 C 5 400 F 200 C 6 moderately hot 425 F 220 C 7 hot 450 F 230 C 8 475 F 240 C 9 very hot
British measure American equivalent
flour - white plain/strong/ sifted flour - all-purpose/
self-raising/unbleached unbleached white
4oz(P) 1 cup
5oz(K)
wholemeal/stoneground whole wheat
6oz(K) 1 cup
cornflour cornstarch
4 1/2 oz(P) 1 cup
5.3 oz(K)
yellow corn meal/polenta coarse corn meal/polenta
6 oz(P) 1 cup
rye flour rye flour
6 oz(P) 1 cup
British measure American equivalent
pearl barley pearl barley
7 oz(P) 1 cup
rice/bulgar wheat/millet/wheat rice/bulgar wheat/millet/wheat
berries
7 oz(K) 1 cup
semolina/ground rice/tapioca semolina/ground rice/tapioca
6 oz(P) 1 cup
fresh soft breadcrumbs/ fresh soft breadcrumbs/
cake crumbs cake crumbs
2 oz(P) 1 cup
dried breadcrumbs dried breadcrumbs
4 oz(P) 1 cup
porridge oats rolled oats
3 1/2 oz(P) 1 cup
British measure American equivalent
light/dark soft brown sugar light/dark brown sugar
8 oz(P) 1 cup (firmly packed)
castor/caster/granulated sugar granulated sugar
7 1/2 oz(P) 1 cup
icing sugar sifted confectioners' sugar
4 1/2 oz(P) 1 cup
British measure American equivalent
butter, margarine, cooking butter, shortening, lard,
fat, lard, dripping drippings - solid or melted
1 oz(P) 2 tablespoons
8 oz(P) 1 cup
grated cheese - cheddar type grated cheese - cheddar type
4 oz(P) 1 cup
1 lb(K) 4 - 5 cups (packed)
British measure American equivalent
onion onion
1 small to med 1 cup chopped
shelled peas shelled peas
4 oz(P) 3/4 cup
cooked sweet corn cooked sweet corn
4 oz(P) 1 cup
celery celery
4 sticks 1 cup (chopped)
chopped tomatoes chopped tomatoes
7 oz(P) 1 cup
button mushrooms button mushrooms
3-4 oz(P) 1 cup
chopped pickled beetroot chopped pickled beetroot
2 oz(P) 1/3 cup
black/redcurrants/bilberries black/redcurrants/bilberries
4 oz(P) 1 cup
raspberries/strawberries raspberries/strawberries
5 oz(P) 1 cup
Dried beans:
black/lentils/chick peas/pinto/ black/lentils/chick peas/pinto/
white white
3 1/2 oz(K) 1/2 cup
British measure American equivalent
currants/sultanas/raisins/ currants/sultanas/raisins/
chopped candied peel chopped candied peel
5-6 oz(P) 1 cup
2 oz(K - raisins) 1/3 cup
glace cherries candied cherries
8 oz(P) 1 cup
sesame seeds sesame seeds
3 1/2 oz 3/4 cup
whole shelled almonds whole shelled almonds
5 oz(P) 1 cup
ground almonds ground almonds
4 oz(P) 1 cup
chopped nuts chopped nuts
2 oz(K) 1/3 to 1/2 cup
Nut butters:
peanut/almond/cashew etc peanut/almond/cashew etc
8 oz(K) 1 cup
British measure American equivalent
clear honey/golden syrup/ clear honey/golden syrup/
molasses/black treacle molasses/black treacle
12 oz(P) 1 cup
maple/corn syrup maple/corn syrup
11 oz(P) 1 cup
jam/marmalade/jelly jam/marmalade/jelly
5-6 oz(P) 1/2 cup
1 pint 450 ml ( 16 fl oz) (RD) 1 cup 225 ml ( 8 fl oz) (RD & K) 1 tablespoon 16 ml (1/2 fl oz) (K)
1 pint 570 ml ( 20 fl oz) (RD) 1 breakfast cup ( 10 fl oz) 1/2 pint (S) 1 tea cup 1/3 pint (S) 8 tablespoons 1/4 pint (S) BUT 8 * 15 * 4 = 480 fl oz which is short of a pint! 1 tablespoon 15 ml (RD) 1 dessertspoon 10 ml (RD) 1 teaspoon 5 ml (RD) 1/3 tablespoon (S)And from "Mastering the art of French cooking". Penguin UK, issue 1961
UK UK oz Metric ml US oz
1 quart 40 1140 38.5
1 pint 20 570
1 cup 10
1 gill 5
1 fluid oz 1 28.4 0.96
1 tbl 5/8 (1/16 cup) 17.8?
1 dsp 1/3 10
1 tsp 1/6 5
Cheese (grated) 1 oz = 4 level tablespoons
Cocoa or chocolate powder 1 oz = 3 level tablespoons
Coconut (desicated) 1 oz = 4 level tablespoons
Flour (unsifted) 1 oz = 3 level tablespoons
Sugar (castor/caster) 1 oz = 2 level tablespoons
(granulated) 1 oz = 2 level tablespoons
(icing) 1 oz = 2 1/2 level tablespoons
Syrup (golden) 1 oz = 1 level tablespoons
1000 k kilo- 100 h hecto- 10 da deca- 0.1 d deci- 0.01 c centi- 0.001 m milli-
standard cup tablespoon teaspoon
Canada 250ml 15ml 5ml
Australia 250ml ** 20ml ** 5ml
New Zealand 250ml 15ml 5ml
UK 250ml 15ml 5ml
1 ounce (oz) = 28.4 g (can usually be rounded to 25 or 30) 1 pound (lb) = 454 g 1 kg = 2.2 pounds (lb) 1 dag = 10 g = 0.01 kg (see prefixes) 1 dkg = 1 dag (dkg is an old (non-ISO) name for dag)
1 liter = 1.057 quarts
2.1 pints
1 quart = 0.95 liter
1 gallon= 3.8 liters
1/8 cup = 2 tablespoons
1/4 cup = 4 tablespoons
1/3 " = 0.8 dl
1/2 " = 1.2 dl
2/3 " = 1.6 dl
3/4 " = 1.75 dl
7/8 " = 2.1 dl
1 cup = 2.4 dl
1 dl = 0.1 liter (see prefixes)
1 dl = 2/5 cup
= 6 to 7 tablespoons
1 UK pint is about 6 dl
1 UK liquid oz is 0.96 US liquid oz.
a "stick" of butter or margarine weighs 4 oz and is
1/2 cup US.
each 1/4 cup or half stick butter or margarine in
US recipes weighs about 50 g.
there are 8 tablespoons in 1/4 pound butter
Metric Cups Grams Ounces
(approx) (approx)
1 cup butter 250 8 3/4
1 cup biscuit (cookie) crumbs 110 3 3/4
1 cup breadcrumbs, soft 60 2
1 cup breadcrumbs, dry 125 4 1/2
1 cup cheese, grated 125 4 1/2
1 cup cocoa 110 3 3/4
1 cup cornflour (cornstarch) 125 4 1/2
1 cup cornflakes 30 1
1 cup rice bubbles (rice crispies) 30 1
1 cup coconut, desiccated (flaked) 95 3 1/4
1 cup dried split peas, lentils 200 7
1 cup dried fruit 160 5 3/4
1 cup dates, chopped 150 5 1/4
1 cup flour, plain, self-rising 125 4 1/2
1 cup flour, wholemeal (whole wheat) 135 4 3/4
1 cup golden syrup, honey, glucose 360 12 3/4
1 cup jam 330 11 1/2
1 cup nuts, chopped 125 4 1/2
1 cup oats, rolled 90 3 1/4
1 cup rice, short grain 210 7 1/2
1 cup rice, long grain 200 7
1 cup salt, or crystal sugar 250 8 3/4
1 cup castor sugar (superfine) 220 7 3/4
1 cup soft brown sugar, firmly packed 170 6
1 cup icing sugar (confectioners') 150 5
1 cup = 250 ml
Metric spoons Grams Ounces
1 level tablespoon peanut butter 20 2/3
1 level tablespoon baking powder,
bicarb soda, cream of tartar,
gelatine, rice, sago 15 1/2
1 level tablespoon cocoa, cornflour,
custard powder, nuts 10 1/2
1 level tablelspoon golden syrup,
treacle, honey, glucose 30 1
1 level tablespoon sugar, salt 20 2/3
1 level tablespoon yeast, compressed 20 2/3
1 tablespoon = 20 ml
1 teaspoon = 5 ml
1 catty = 1.33 pound = 600 grams.In Modern China, this went with kilograms and stuff. To make the transition easier for the average people. They invented a new kind of catty.
1 catty = 0.5 kg ( = 1.1 pound )However, old books from Hong Kong and Taiwan still uses the old catty = 600 grams.
Converted to HTML and augmented by metric prefixes by M. Martinec