I need help converting grams to ounces/cups... D:?!
My Mom and I are wanting to do a recipe that deals with grams!.
Here's the list of ingredients and the gram things!.!.!.
Chocolate chips - 112!.5 grams
Sugar - 337!.5
White chocolate chips - 112!.5
Flour - 112!.5 grams
Butter - 167!.5 grams
How many cups would each one be!?
I'm really confused, and all the conversion tables I looked at kept saying different things!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Here's the list of ingredients and the gram things!.!.!.
Chocolate chips - 112!.5 grams
Sugar - 337!.5
White chocolate chips - 112!.5
Flour - 112!.5 grams
Butter - 167!.5 grams
How many cups would each one be!?
I'm really confused, and all the conversion tables I looked at kept saying different things!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Here is everything you need to know about measuring stuff in the kitchen:
Recipes call for stuff to be measured using weight, volume, length, time, temperature and count!. None of these measuring systems are interchangeable!. You cannot convert weight to volume, or length into hours, or temperature into cups, etc!.
Grams are a unit of weight!. Cups are a unit of volume!. Trying to convert grams to cups would be the same as trying to convert hours into inches; it just won't work!.
The idiots who invented the English System gave the same unit name (ounces) to both volume and weight!. These two types of ounces are not the same and they are not interchangeable!. For example, a cup of lead pellets and a cup of feathers both occupy 8 fluid ounces of volume!. The lead pellets will weigh a lot more than the feathers, and yet, neither one will weigh 8 ounces on a scale!.
Some cookbooks will have charts that list how much a cup of some ingredient weighs!. http://www!.gourmetsleuth!.com is a good website that has a program that does the same thing!. However, these are not exact conversions!. They are approximations based on the average weight of a given volume of ingredient!. This is because density changes and temperture has an effect on weight!. For example, a cup of flour may weigh more in the winter due to humidity!. A pint of water will vary in weight depending on the temperature of the water!.
These approximations are OK to use in small, home baked recipes!. I would not use these approximations for large-scale, restaurant or commercial recipes!. They aren't accurate enough!. Professional bakers weigh out all their ingredients, including water!. Weight is a much better and accurate method for measuring ingredients!.
I "converted" the amounts you listed using the gourmet sleuth website!. According to them:
112!.5 grams of chocolate chips = 8!.04 Tbsp chocolate chips
337!.5 grams of sugar = 1!.69 cups of sugar
112!.5 grams of white chocolate chips = 8!.04 Tbsp white chocolate chips*
112!.5 grams of flour = 0!.9 cups of flour
167!.5 grams of butter = 0!.74 cups of butter*
* (gourmet sleuth did not have white chocolate chips or butter in their data base!. I guessed on these amount for the white chocolate chips and on the fact that the volume of butter equals the weight of butter!. More on that later)!.
If a recipe call for something to be measured in grams or oz, use a kitchen scale!. If it calls for fl!. oz, use a measuring cup or measuring spoons!.
Here is a conversion chart:
Volume:
3 tsp = 1 Tbsp
2 Tbsp = 1 fl!. oz!.
8 fl!. oz = 1 cup
16 fl!. oz!. = 2 cups = 1 pint
32 fl!. oz!. = 4 cups = 1 quarts
128 fl!. oz!. = 4 quarts = 1 gallon
Weight:
16 oz = 1 pound
28!.34 grams = 1 oz (Don't forget: 2 cups DO NOT equal a pound)!.
There is an exception to this rule!. You should know this ryhme: "A pint is a pound the world around, for butter, eggs, milk and water"!. However, just remember that a pint of these ingredients weighs APPROXIMATELY 1 pound!. They do not weigh EXACTLY one pound!. This is because these ingredients have very similar densities!.
A good cook doesn't have to know the metric system, but it is a good idea to know a LITTLE about it!. It helps to remember these rules:
1) A kilogram is about 2!.2 pounds
2) A gram is about 1/30 of an ounce
3) A pound is about 450 grams
4) A liter is slightly more than a quart
5) A centimeter is slightly less than 1/2 inch
6) 0 C (32 F) is the freezing point of water
7) 100 C (212 F) is the boiling point of water
A lot of people are confused about the terms "dry measure" and "liquid measure"!. A dry measure is a measuring cup that is flat on top so that it can be leveled!. It measures ingredients using volume, not weight!. A liquid measure has a spout on it!. A one cup liquid measure and a one cup dry measure have EQUAL volumes (8 fluid ounces)!. A dry measure is just more ideal to measure stuff like flour!. Leveling it off is easier than trying to read a measurement on the side of a glass measuring cup!. Some people think that a liquid measure and a dry measure use different types of ounces!. This is not true!.
Here is a partial list of gram to cup "conversions" (just so you can see the differences):
500 grams of mini marshmallows = 10 cups of mini marshmallows
500 grams of flour = 4 cups of flour
500 grams of sugar = 2!.5 cups of sugar
500 grams of butter = 2!.2 cups of butter
Do not blindly follow some websites "conversion" program!. Every good cook should know how measuring systems work and how to figure these problems out for themselves!. I hope this information was useful!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Recipes call for stuff to be measured using weight, volume, length, time, temperature and count!. None of these measuring systems are interchangeable!. You cannot convert weight to volume, or length into hours, or temperature into cups, etc!.
Grams are a unit of weight!. Cups are a unit of volume!. Trying to convert grams to cups would be the same as trying to convert hours into inches; it just won't work!.
The idiots who invented the English System gave the same unit name (ounces) to both volume and weight!. These two types of ounces are not the same and they are not interchangeable!. For example, a cup of lead pellets and a cup of feathers both occupy 8 fluid ounces of volume!. The lead pellets will weigh a lot more than the feathers, and yet, neither one will weigh 8 ounces on a scale!.
Some cookbooks will have charts that list how much a cup of some ingredient weighs!. http://www!.gourmetsleuth!.com is a good website that has a program that does the same thing!. However, these are not exact conversions!. They are approximations based on the average weight of a given volume of ingredient!. This is because density changes and temperture has an effect on weight!. For example, a cup of flour may weigh more in the winter due to humidity!. A pint of water will vary in weight depending on the temperature of the water!.
These approximations are OK to use in small, home baked recipes!. I would not use these approximations for large-scale, restaurant or commercial recipes!. They aren't accurate enough!. Professional bakers weigh out all their ingredients, including water!. Weight is a much better and accurate method for measuring ingredients!.
I "converted" the amounts you listed using the gourmet sleuth website!. According to them:
112!.5 grams of chocolate chips = 8!.04 Tbsp chocolate chips
337!.5 grams of sugar = 1!.69 cups of sugar
112!.5 grams of white chocolate chips = 8!.04 Tbsp white chocolate chips*
112!.5 grams of flour = 0!.9 cups of flour
167!.5 grams of butter = 0!.74 cups of butter*
* (gourmet sleuth did not have white chocolate chips or butter in their data base!. I guessed on these amount for the white chocolate chips and on the fact that the volume of butter equals the weight of butter!. More on that later)!.
If a recipe call for something to be measured in grams or oz, use a kitchen scale!. If it calls for fl!. oz, use a measuring cup or measuring spoons!.
Here is a conversion chart:
Volume:
3 tsp = 1 Tbsp
2 Tbsp = 1 fl!. oz!.
8 fl!. oz = 1 cup
16 fl!. oz!. = 2 cups = 1 pint
32 fl!. oz!. = 4 cups = 1 quarts
128 fl!. oz!. = 4 quarts = 1 gallon
Weight:
16 oz = 1 pound
28!.34 grams = 1 oz (Don't forget: 2 cups DO NOT equal a pound)!.
There is an exception to this rule!. You should know this ryhme: "A pint is a pound the world around, for butter, eggs, milk and water"!. However, just remember that a pint of these ingredients weighs APPROXIMATELY 1 pound!. They do not weigh EXACTLY one pound!. This is because these ingredients have very similar densities!.
A good cook doesn't have to know the metric system, but it is a good idea to know a LITTLE about it!. It helps to remember these rules:
1) A kilogram is about 2!.2 pounds
2) A gram is about 1/30 of an ounce
3) A pound is about 450 grams
4) A liter is slightly more than a quart
5) A centimeter is slightly less than 1/2 inch
6) 0 C (32 F) is the freezing point of water
7) 100 C (212 F) is the boiling point of water
A lot of people are confused about the terms "dry measure" and "liquid measure"!. A dry measure is a measuring cup that is flat on top so that it can be leveled!. It measures ingredients using volume, not weight!. A liquid measure has a spout on it!. A one cup liquid measure and a one cup dry measure have EQUAL volumes (8 fluid ounces)!. A dry measure is just more ideal to measure stuff like flour!. Leveling it off is easier than trying to read a measurement on the side of a glass measuring cup!. Some people think that a liquid measure and a dry measure use different types of ounces!. This is not true!.
Here is a partial list of gram to cup "conversions" (just so you can see the differences):
500 grams of mini marshmallows = 10 cups of mini marshmallows
500 grams of flour = 4 cups of flour
500 grams of sugar = 2!.5 cups of sugar
500 grams of butter = 2!.2 cups of butter
Do not blindly follow some websites "conversion" program!. Every good cook should know how measuring systems work and how to figure these problems out for themselves!. I hope this information was useful!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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