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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Weight Measurements

Weight Measurements

Ounces	Pounds	Grams	Kilograms
1		30
2		60
3		85
4	¼	115
5		140
6		180
7		210
8	½	225
9		250	¼
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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