Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Translating Commonly Used Ingredients to American Measures


Translating Commonly Used Ingredients to American Measures
Ingredient
Metric Weight (approx)
American Weight (approx)
American Volume
Bread crumbs:
Fresh
Dry

60 grams
90 grams

2 oz
3 oz

1 cup
1 cup
Butter, margarine, vegetable shortening
15 grams
115 grams
½ oz
4 oz
1 tablespoon
½ cup
Cornstarch (corrnflour, maizena)
30 grams
1 oz
¼ cup
Dried fruit
180 grams
6 oz
1 cup
Flour, all-purpose, unsifted
100 grams
4 oz
1 cup
Nuts, ground or chopped
120 grams
4 oz
1 cup
Rice
30 grams
1 oz
2 T
Sugar:
Brown
Confectioners
Granulated

160 grams
125 grams
200 grams

5 oz
4 ½ oz
7 oz

1 cup
1 cup
1 cup
Syrups (honey, molasses, treacle)
40 grams
1 ½ oz
2 T
Clingerman, Polly.  The Kitchen Companion.  Gaithersburg:  The American Cooking Guild, 1994.


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