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Default CONVERT RECIPE MEASUREMENTS : ENGLISH-METRIC, METRIC-ENGLISH

Sorry to disallusion you but Iin Australian recipes, you need to read
very carefully, because their tablespoon IS 4 teaspoons, and not the
three used elsewhere. Now that metrification has occurred, the teaspoon
in Canada, Australian and the UK has been standardised at 5mL while
before metricification there were differences in the size of the
teaspoon as well, so that the teaspoon was also different between the
US, Canada, the UK and Australia. If you are interested in the
historical differences, you will find them on the web via a search. For
example,
1.2 teaspoon (US) = 1 teaspoon (UK)
1.2 Tablespoon (US) = 1 Tablespoon (UK)

See Cookbook:Cuisine of Australia
From Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection
Warning: Australia uses a metric tablespoon defined to be 20 mL, while
the rest of the world uses a tablespoon that is approximately 15 mL. An
Australian tablespoon contains 4 teaspoons, not 3. Australian recipes
might use this, and might also use normal-sized tablespoons due to
foreign influence. Be wary.

see http://www.fareshare.net/conversions.html
The Australian tablespoon is 20mL; the British tablespoon is
17.7mL; in most Canadian recipes the tablespoon is 15mL; the American
tablespoon is actually 14.2mL.

For a repeat of the above, go to
http://www.fortune3.com/~comp73799/measurement_converter.pdf#search='australian%20tab lespoon'

For the record:
The US Gill is equal to 0.832674132978059037 of a UK Gill, while
the US Gill = 4 fluid ounces but the UK Gill = 5 fluid ounces. You are
basically correct that the liquid ounce is virtually identical, but it
is NOT IDENTICAL in volume... just very close. See below!. There is a
difference of about 1mL between the two ounce sizes.

British, Australian and sometimes Canadian recipes use the imperial pint
which is 20 fluid ounces; American and sometimes Canadian recipes use
the American pint of 16 fluid ounces. so do NOT assume that when a
recipe says a pint, it is YOUR pint.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_of_units#Volume

teaspoon (Canadian) ? 1/6 fl oz (Imp) = 4.735 510 416 667 mL
teaspoon (U.S.) ? 1/6 US fl oz = 4.928 921 595 mL
teaspoon (metric) = 5 mL
teaspoon (Imperial) ? 1/24 gi (Imp) = 5.919 388 020 8(3) mL

dessertspoon (Imperial) ? 1/12 gi (Imp) = 11.838 776 041 mL
tablespoon (Canadian) ? ½ fl oz (Imp) = 14.206 531 25 mL
tablespoon (U.S.) ? ½ US fl oz = 14.786 764 782 5 mL
tablespoon (metric) = 15 mL
tablespoon (Imperial) ? 5/8 fl oz (Imp) = 17.758 164 062 5 mL

fluid ounce (Imperial) fl oz (Imp)
1/160 gal (Imp) = 28.413 062 5 mL
fluid ounce (U.S.) fl oz (US)
1/128 gal (US) = 29.573 529 562 5 mL

RsH


On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:20:34 GMT, Rowbotth >
wrote:

>A US Gallon has 128 ounces. An Imperial gallon has 160 ounces.
>
>An ounce is an ounce is an ounce. (See
>http://www.alwayslearn.com/conversion/volume.html for my rationale.)
>
>I had never heard of a tablespoon with 4 teaspoons before. Too much
>Foster's, maybe?
>
>H.

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