Recipe-Convert-Table Tip :

Very usefull when reading recipes,
with measurements you are not familiar with (metric versus english)

The recipe measurement conversions below are estimates,
but the difference to being exact measurements
can be neglected when cooking your recipe.

-For exact recipe-measurement-conversions :
http://www.theskinnycook.com/convert-measurements.html
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LENGTH MEASUREMENTS

3mm = 1/8 inch
6mm = 1/4 inch
1,5 cm = 1/2 inch
2cm = 3/4 inch
2,5cm = 1 inch
5cm = 2 inch
30cm = 12 inch = 1 foot

WEIGTH MEASUREMENTS

15g = 1/2 oz
30g = 1 oz
60g = 2 oz
90g = 3 oz
125g = 4 oz = 1/4lb
155g = 5 oz
185g = 6 oz
220g = 7 oz
250g = 8oz = 1/2lb
500g = 16 oz = 1lb
750g = 24 oz = 1 + 1/2lb
1000g = 32oz = 2lb
1kg = 32oz = 2lb

LIQUID MEASUREMENTS

1 teaspoon = 5 ml
30ml = 1 fluid oz
60ml = 2 fluid oz
100ml = 3 fluid oz
125ml = 4 fluid oz
150ml = 5 fluid oz = 1/4 pint
190ml = 6 fluid oz
250ml = 8 fluid oz
300ml = 10 fluid oz = 1/2 pint
500ml = 16 fluid oz
600ml = 20 fluid oz = 1 pint
1000ml = 32 fluid oz = 1 + 3/4 pints
1 litre = 32 fluid oz = 1 + 3/4 pints


OVEN TEMPERATURES
Fahrenheit Celsius Gas-mark Power
250 120 1 Very Slow
300 150 2 Slow
325 160 3 Moderate slow
350-375 180-190 4 Moderate
400-425 200-210 5 Moderate hot
450-475 220-230 6 Hot
500-525 240-250 7 Very hot

US, UK, AUSTRALIa and NEW-ZEALAND
To add to the recipes-measurement conversions please note :
* tablespoon
* 1 tablespoon = 15 ml in US, UK and NZ
* 1 tablespoon = 20 ml in Australia
* 1 cup = 250 ml

EGGS
Eggs used in recipes are the ones you buy in the shop :
the are about 60 grams or 2 oz and are called "normal size"

If you rare your own chicken like the Skinny Cook,
be aware that a skinny egg can weigh less than 40 grams or just about 1
oz,
so adjust your recipes accordingly!

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please email your comments at

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Salut/Hi ,


le/on 7 Dec 2005 00:12:38 -0800, tu disais/you said:-

>US, UK, AUSTRALIa and NEW-ZEALAND
>To add to the recipes-measurement conversions please note :
> * tablespoon
> * 1 tablespoon = 15 ml in US, UK and NZ
> * 1 tablespoon = 20 ml in Australia
> * 1 cup = 250 ml

Just to warn you, in the UK, a cup is considered to be half a pint, just as
in the States. However a UK pint is 600 mls, therefore a UK cup is 300 mls,
although more modern measuring jugs sometimes have 250 ml cups. But it's as
well to be aware of this. Most other measurements are close enough, but
1/6th on liquids can be serious.

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Hi Ian,

Thanks, am trying to get everything right,
so all feedback is most welcome.

I am still quite confused, esp with the Australians

1 pound there = half a kg
but 1 pint is 600ml as well as in UK and the States?

Thanks,

Stef
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Hi Stef,
On 27 Dec 2005 01:00:06 -0800, wrote:


>Thanks, am trying to get everything right, so all feedback is most welcome.

This isn't an easy one at all. I've been writing on a Fido Echo on
cooking for some 12 years, and as they have people from all over the
world, we have considerable experience of converting, both quantities
ad terminology. One person's broil is another someone else's grill for
example, and simmer is becoming boil almost everywhere.

>I am still quite confused, esp with the Australians

The Orstrilians themselves are deeply confused about many things,
bless their little cotton socks.

>1 pound there = half a kg

Actually, there are several places where one can ask for "a pound of
xxxx" please and get 500 gms. France for example, even if it did
invent the metric system uses the word "livre" for 500 gms.

>but 1 pint is 600ml as well as in UK and the States?

The legal measures in both countries are the gallon, with the pint
defined as being 1/8th of it, in both countries. In the UK the
imperial gellon is the measaure, which is defined as the volume of
water which at STP weights 10 lbs. In the US the unit is the US
gallon and it is defined as being 231 in³ exactly.

In both countries the pint is described with reference to their
respective gallons and is 1/8th in both countries 1 pt = 600 mls in
the UK. In Orstrilia it is usually 600 mls as in the UK though more
and more we see US cups being used.. In the US it's around 480 mls

Hope that helps.

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All the best
Ian Hoare

Ian,

Am I right then when I say :
liquid measurements (pint) are the same in UK, Australia and Canada?

Only USA differs?

Just very confusing...

Thanks!
Stef
http://www.theskinnycook.com

Salut/Hi ,

le/on 17 Jan 2006 01:56:08 -0800, tu disais/you said:-

>Ian,
>
>Am I right then when I say :
>liquid measurements (pint) are the same in UK, Australia and Canada?

Well, theoretically the UK now uses metric measures. So we're talking about
recipes that were written before that. Nowadays, they all give the exact
metric equivalents of the old imperial. Thus "227 gms flour" instead of 1/2
lb, 284 mls or 300 mls for 1/2 pint and so on. Sigh.

As for othe countries liquid measures, it's total confusion. I can't speak
for what Canada uses. I am pretty sure that if Australia uses cups, it's US
cup sizes but would use imperial pints, though again they became metric some
time ago, so it's only old recipes that will use cups or pints.

Sorry not to be able to be precise, but my lack of precision reflects the
reality of what recipes show.

>Only USA differs?

Theoretically, yes. But as they are major trading partners with other
English speaking countries they export their measures along with everything
else. So their recipe books use US cups, their measures do the same and so
on. So if you buy a US made measure, the chances are that it will show US
liquid measure. It's also true to say that if something is made in - say -
China for the "English" speaking world, it will use US measures for obvious
reasons.

That's fair enough. What makes me cross is the serene assumption that the
world should revolve around them, so such measures rarely SAY they use US
measures. That kind of thinking is all pervasive. If you are in an
international forum like this, and someone asks "where can I get xxx?" you
can be almost CERTAIN they are in the USA, in every other country people
say, I live in yyyy, does anyone know where xxx can be found?" American
written software is the same, usually. It assumes that the whole world wants
to use US character sets, US keyboard layouts and so on. Some programs are a
little better behaved in that they look in Window's settings and work from
them, but they're the exception.

>Just very confusing...

Yes, I long for the day when the US joins the rest of the world in using the
FAR simpler metric system.


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