My friend has just got an American cookbook it uses 'cups' as measures help please?!
Answers: I'm sure that i've read that US cups and UK are different so if anyone knows either imperial or metric weights it would be very helpful.Thanks
Hope this helps
Conversion Table for Cooking
U.S. to Metric
Metric to U.S.
Cooking Measurment Equivalents
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U.S. to Metric
Capacity
1/5 teaspoon = 1 ml
1 teaspoon = 5 ml
1 tablespoon = 15 ml
1 fluid oz. = 30 ml
1/5 cup = 50 ml
1 cup = 240 ml
2 cups (1 pint) = 470 ml
4 cups (1 quart) = .95 liter
4 quarts (1 gal.) = 3.8 liters
Weight
1 oz. = 28 grams
1 pound = 454 grams
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Metric to U.S.
Capacity
1 militers = 1/5 teaspoon
5 ml = 1 teaspoon
15 ml = 1 tablespoon
30 ml = 1 fluid oz.
100 ml = 3.4 fluid oz.
240 ml = 1 cup
1 liter = 34 fluid oz.
1 liter = 4.2 cups
1 liter = 2.1 pints
1 liter = 1.06 quarts
1 liter = .26 gallon
Weight
1 gram = .035 ounce
100 grams = 3.5 ounces
500 grams = 1.10 pounds
1 kilogram = 2.205 pounds
1 kilogram = 35 oz.
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Cooking Measurement Equivalents
16 tablespoons = 1 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons = 2/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
6 tablespoons = 3/8 cup
5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon = 1/3 cup
4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup
2 tablespoons = 1/8 cup
2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons = 1/6 cup
1 tablespoon = 1/16 cup
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
48 teaspoons = 1 cup
I don't know if this helps you or not. sorry if it doesn't
A quick guide for when you need to know the difference between US and UK measurements.
1 cup = 3/4 cup and 2 dsp
1 1/4 cup = 1 cup and 1 dsp
1 1/3 cup = 1 cup and 2 tbsp
1 1/2 cup = 1 1/4 cups
1 2/3 cup =1 1/4 cups and 2 tbsp
1 3/4 cup = 1 1/3 cups and 2 tbsp
2 cups = 1 2/3 cups
2 1/4 cups = 1 3/4 cups and 2 tbsp
2 1/3 cups = 1 3/4 cups and 3 tbsp
2 1/2 cups = 2 cups and 2 dsp
2 2/3 cups = 2 1/4 cups
2 3/4 cups = 2 1/4 cups and 1 dsp
3 cups = 2 1/2 cups
3 1/4 cups = 2 2/3 cups and 1 dsp
3 1/3 cups = 2 3/4 cups
3 1/2 cups = 2 3/4 cups and 3 tbsp
3 2/3 cups = 3 cups and 1 tbsp
3 3/4 cups = 3 cups and 2 tbsp
4 cups = 3 1/3 cups
4 1/4 cups = 3 1/2 cups and 1 dsp
4 1/3 cups = 3 1/2 cups and 2 tbsp
4 1/2 cups = 3 3/4 cups
4 2/3 cups = 3 3/4 cups and 2 tbsp
4 3/4 cups = 3 3/4 cups and 3 tbsp
5 cups = 4 cups and 3 tbsp
Usually when a cup measure is indicated it would not matter what size the cup as long as other ingredients measured in cups all used the same cup!
Dark drea.. incredible!!!! Ok so I'm still thinking about the answer to your question!
As far as I know, the "cup", "pint", "gallon" measurements are the same in the U.S. and the U.K. We inherited them from you!
Sorry I'm no help with the cups as I'm looking for an answer too; but to the previous answerer: a US gallon is definitely larger than a UK gallon, we measure most dry food by weight not cups, and you inherited our language but that's not quite the same anymore either! :)