Volume Measurements

Volume Measurements

American Measure	Fluid Ounces	Fluid Metric Measure
Pinch, less than 1/8 t
Dash, 3 drops, ¼ t
1 t		5 ml
3 t, 1 T	½	15 ml
2 T, 1/8 C, 1 pony	1	30 ml, ¼ dl
3 T, 1 jigger	1½	45 ml
4 T ¼ C	2	60 ml, ½ dl
5 1/3 T, 1/3 C	2 ½	80 ml, ¾ dl
8 T, ½ C	4	120 ml, 1 dl
10 2/3 T, 2/3 C	5 1/3	160 ml, 1 ½ dl
12 T, ¾ C	6	180 ml, 1 ¾ dl
14 T, 7/8 cup	7	210 ml, 2 dl
16 T, 1 cup	8	240 ml, ¼ l
2 C, 1 pint	16	480 ml, ½ l
4 C, 2 pints, 1 quart	32	950 ml
1 quart + 3 ½ T		1000 ml, 10 dl, 1 l
8 quarts, 1 peck
4 pecks, 1 bushel

Clingerman, Polly.  The Kitchen Companion.  Gaithersburg:  The American Cooking Guild, 1994.