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| 336.1 | 1/4 liter = 1 cup -- just about | SUPER::KENAH | O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!! | Fri Sep 05 1986 11:03 | 16 |
| Most cookbooks have conversion tables -- ounces to grams,
quarts to liters, etc. Also, many measuring cups sold here in
the US have both metric and "English" measurements.
To answer your original question (Liquid measures first) --
1 liter = 1.05 US (liquid) quarts
2 cups = 1 pint (US) and 2 pints (US) = 1 quart --
so -- 1/4 liter is almost exactly 1 cup
I've used metric measurements (125 ml for 1/2 cup, etc.)
with no problems.
(Dry measures) 1 cup = 8 ounces.
You'll have to work it out from there.
andrew
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| 336.2 | Conversion confusion | BRSDVP::LIDSKY | | Fri Sep 05 1986 11:38 | 19 |
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Re: .0
I can understand your problem. I'm American, married to an English
woman and living in Europe.
A cup in America is 8 fluid ounces.
The problem is that the English ounce is smaller than the American
ounce.
And to confuse the issue further:
The English quart is larger than the American quart, because the
English quart has 40 ounces where the American quart is 32.
This makes the English quart larger than a liter.
Anyway, 9 ounces English will be roughly 8 ounces American.
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| 336.4 | re. sticks of fat | CIVIC::JOHNSTON | | Fri Sep 05 1986 13:26 | 5 |
| one stick of margarine is 1/4lb
sticks of butter and margarine usually come in wrappings marking
out 8 tablespoons; so you need to treat tablespoon measures in recipes
accordingly.
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| 336.5 | BRITISH/US MEASURES AGAIN | BRUMMY::KIRBY | | Wed Jan 30 1991 12:09 | 46 |
| I know its somewhere else in this file but I can't seem to find it -
moderator please move as you think appropriate.
Having just discovered this file, I"m keen to try some of the recipes
but being in the UK I've come up against the problem of measurements.
Its OK where all measurements are given in cups because as long as the
relativities are the same I don't think the exact quantities matter.
Its where cups and ounces are mixed the trouble starts.
So I've done some research & think I've cracked it! So for those with
the same problem -
The issue is one of volume versus weight. In other words a cup of lead
doesn't weigh the same as a cup of feathers. But an ounce of feathers
and and ounce of lead are the same. I found a cookery book with the
following table:
BRITISH US
1 teaspoon 1 teaspoon
1 tablespoon 1 tablespoon
1 lb butter 2 cups
1 lb flour 4 cups
1 lb sugar (granulated/castor) 2 cups
1 lb sugar (icing) 3 cups
1 lb sugar (brown/moist) 2.5 cups
1 lb rice 2 cups
1 lb dried fruit 2 cups
1 lb golden syrup/treacle 1 cup
Whilst I believe that in the US alternative measurements are sometimes
given as UK (imperial) ones, in the UK our alternative measures are
usually metric. So a pyrex jug has UK fluid ounces and litres on it,
for example, no help if you're following an American recipe.
For any UK cooks who really want a cup measure & can't get to the
States - David Mellor Cookshops in London & Manchester sell them for
around 4 quid - I think you get four, 1 cup, 3/4 cup, 1/2 cup and 1/4
cup. They do mail order. I'll post the details if anyone is
interested.
Rosemary
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