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This document provides a concise summary of common cooking measurements and conversions in both metric and imperial systems. It includes charts for oven temperatures, length/weight conversions, dry/liquid ingredients, and fluid ounces/milliliters. The document was written by Fi, an artist who runs the blog and cookbook project "WhereFishSing" which features vegetarian recipes and food photography.

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Measure Convert Cook

This document provides a concise summary of common cooking measurements and conversions in both metric and imperial systems. It includes charts for oven temperatures, length/weight conversions, dry/liquid ingredients, and fluid ounces/milliliters. The document was written by Fi, an artist who runs the blog and cookbook project "WhereFishSing" which features vegetarian recipes and food photography.

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TABLEAUX COOKING MEASUREMENTS & CONVERSION CHARTS to make your life easier

Measure. Convert. Cook.


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Need help with cooking conversions? Make use of this handy dandy collection of cooking conversion charts for every cooking measuring system I could find. It should make your life easier. If it does, please pass it on.

OVEN SETTINGS
Description F 85 100 110 115 135 140 150 160 165 170 180 190 200 205 212 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 C 29 38 43 46 57 60 66 71 74 77 87 88 95 96 100 110 120 140 150 165 180 190 205 220 230 245 260 Gas Mark (UK)

plate warming

cool cool cool cool very slow slow slow warm moderate (170-190) moderately hot hot very hot (220+)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

METRIC AND IMPERIAL


inches, cm, feet and metres
1/4 cm 1/2 cm 5/8 cm, use 3/4 cm for convenience 1 cm 1 1/4 cm 1 7/8 cm, use 2 cm for convenience 2.5 cm 30 cm 50 cm 1m 3/32", use 1/16" for convenience 3/16", use 1/8" for convenience 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" 3/4" 1 inch 12" or 1 foot 20" 3 1/3 feet

ounces, grams, pounds and kilograms


(ounces and pounds of the avoirdupois system used in Britain and the U.S.) 1 ounce (oz) equals 28.352 grams (for convenience work on 30 grams). 1 pound (lb) equals 453.6g 100g equals 3.53oz 1 kilogram (kg) equals 2 pounds 3oz oz 1/2 2/3 1 2 3 4 (1/4 lb) 5 6 7 8 (1/2 lb) 9 10 11 12 (3/4 lb) 13 14 15 16 (1 lb) g (standardised) g (actual) 15 20 30 60 90 125 155 185 220 250 (1/4 kg) 280 315 345 375 410 440 470 500 (1/2 kg) 14 19 28 57 85 113 142 170 198 227 255 (1/4 kg) 284 312 340 369 397 425 454 16 (1 lb) 17 18 19 20 (1 1/4 lb) 21 22 23 24 (1 1/2 lb) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (2lb) 33 34 35 3 lb 4 lb 1 1/2 kg 2 kg 1000 (1 kg) 750 (3/4 kg) 575 500 (1/2 kg) 454 482 510 (1/2 kg) 539 567 595 624 652 680 709 737 (3/4 kg) 766 794 822 851 879 907 936 964 992 (1 kg) 1362 1816

As you can see, the standardised metric conversions common in Australia work well only for small quantities.

DRY INGREDIENTS
Spoon measurements can be: Level Round (default) Heaped Cups of dry ingredients should be level measurements. Butter should be softened but not melted before measuring. The volume to weight changes depending on the ingredient. Careful measurement is important but most important is the relative proportions of ingredients to each other. cups 1 cup sugar (crystal, granulated, caster) 1 cup sugar (sifted icing) 1 cup brown sugar (lightly packed) 1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed) 1 cup flour 1 cup flour, wholemeal 1 cup shortening (butter, marg. etc) 1 cup honey, golden syrup, treacle 1 cup cornflour 1 cup soft breadcrumbs 1 cup dry packet breadcrumbs 1 cup rice (uncooked) 1 cup rice (cooked) 1 cup dried split peas/lentils 1 cup mixed dried fruit (sultanas etc) 1 cup grated cheese 1 cup nuts (chopped) 1 cup coconut, desiccated oz (1 oz = 30g) 1 oz flour 1 oz sugar (crystal or castor) 1 oz icing sugar (free from lumps) 1 oz shortening 1 oz honey 1 oz cocoa 1 oz cornflour 1 oz custard powder oz 8 oz 5 oz 4 oz 5 oz 4 oz 4 1/2 oz 8 oz 10 oz 4 oz 2 oz 4 oz 6 oz 5 oz 6 1/2 oz 4 oz 4 oz 4 oz 2 1/2 oz g standardised 250 g 155 g 125g 155 g 125 g 135 g 250 g 315 g 125 g 60 g 125 g 185 g 155 g 200 g 125 g 125 g 125 g 75 g g actual 230 g 140 g 110 g 140 g 110 g 128 g 230 g 280 g 110 g 57 g 110 g 170 g 140 g 184 g 110 g 110 g 110 g 71 g

level tablespoons 2 1 1/2 2 1 1 3 2 1/2 2 1/2 g 15 g (1 ml = 1 g) 25 g 20 g 25 g 30 g

tablespoons 1 tablespoon liquid, water, milk 1 tablespoon jam, treacle, honey 1 rounded tablespoon flour/cornflour/cocoa powder 1 rounded tablespoon sugar 1 rounded tablespoon rice/dried fruit

LIQUIDS
Spoon and cup measures should be filled until almost overflowing. Measuring jugs need to be on a flat surface and read at eye level for accuracy.

teaspoons, millilitres, tablespoons and litres


Household cutlery volumes vary wildly. Be choosy about what you use. Teaspoons from a century or so ago are about half the volume of today. Instead, get a set of standardised spoon measurements.

Actual conversions
1 actual cup = 230 ml 4 2/5 actual cups (use 4 1/3) = 1 L 2 teaspoons = 1 dessertspoon 2 dessertspoons = 1 tablespoon 4 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon 15 1/3 tablespoons (use16) = 1 cup teaspoon 1/4 1/2 1 4 tablespoon 1/16 1/8 1/4 1 mls 0.9 ml 1.9 ml 3.75 ml 15 ml

Standardised metric conversions of Australia


4 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon 1 standardised metric cup = 250ml 4 standardised metric cups = 1 L 12 1/2 tablespoons = 1 cup teaspoon 1/4 1/2 1 4 tablespoon 1/16 1/8 1/4 1 mls 1.25 ml 2.5 ml 5 ml 20 ml

fluid ounces, millilitres, pints and litres


AAARRGH. How many measuring systems can there be? The British Imperial System works on 20 fluid ounces of 28.41ml to a pint equalling 568.41ml. The U.S. Customary System works on 16 fluid ounces of 29.57ml to a pint equal to 473.2ml. 1 wet pint equals 1 pound. Note that the U.S. wet pint differs in volume to the dry pint (550.6cm 3). In both systems, 1 pint equals 2 cups and 2 pints equal 1 quart. So cups, pints quarts and gallons all depend on which system you use. Confused yet? In the land of the decimal, 1000g = 1000ml =1kg = 1 L. Aren't we glad someone used their noggin? Standardised metric conversions of cups and the like used in Australia are based on the U.S. system. I use the standardised metric cups and spoons of Australia.

U.S. fluid ounce


Measures for the 8 liquid ounce cup (U.S) used throughout this book. Standardised metric equivalents common in Australia are based on converting this system. U.S. fluid ounce 1fl oz 2fl oz 3fl oz 4fl oz (1/4 pint) 5fl oz (1 gill) 6fl oz 7fl oz 8 fl oz (1/2 pint) 9fl oz 10fl oz 11fl oz 12fl oz (3/4 pint) 13fl oz 14fl oz 15fl oz 16fl oz (1 pint) 20fl oz (1 1/4 pint) 24fl oz (1 1/2 pints) 32fl oz (2 pints, 1 quart) 34 fl oz mls 29 ml 59 ml 89 ml 118 ml 148 ml 177 ml 207 ml 237 ml 266 ml 296 ml 325 ml 355 ml 384 ml 414 ml 444 ml 473 ml 591 ml 710 ml 946 ml 1005 ml U.S. cups 1/4 cup 1/2 cup standard mls 30 ml 60 ml 100 ml 125 ml 150 ml 180 ml 250 ml 300 ml 360 ml 420 ml 500ml (1/2 L) 650 ml 750ml (3/4 L) 1L standard metric cup 1/4 cup 1/2 cup

1 cup 1 1/4 cups 1 1/2 cups 1 3/4 cups 2 cups 2 1/2 cups 3 cups 4 cups

1 cup 1 1/4 cups 1 1/2 cups 1 3/4 cups 2 cups 2 1/2 cups 3 cups 4 cups

imperial fluid ounce


Measures for the 10 liquid ounce cup (Imperial). I have not used this system for measuring anywhere in this book. These conversions are here as a reference only. imperial fluid ounce 1fl oz 2fl oz 3fl oz 4fl oz 5fl oz (1/4 pint) 6fl oz 7fl oz 8 fl oz 9fl oz 10fl oz (1/2 pint) 11fl oz 12fl oz 13fl oz 14fl oz 15fl oz (3/4 pint) 16fl oz 17fl oz 18fl oz 19fl oz 20fl oz (1 pint) 25fl oz (1 1/4 pints) 30fl oz (1 1/2 pints) 35fl oz (1 3/4 pints) 40fl oz (2 pints) mls 28 ml 57 ml 85 ml 114 ml 142 ml 170 ml 199 ml 227 ml 256 ml 284 ml 313 ml 340 ml 369 ml 398 ml 426 ml 455 ml 483 ml 511 ml 540 ml 568 ml 710 ml 852 ml 994 ml 1136 ml imperial cup

1/2 cup

1 cup

1 1/2 cups

2 cups 3 cups 4 cups

Who wrote this?


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Hello! I'm Fi, the artist of 'WhereFishSing.com'. This guide is taken from my blog and book, the 'Art-Filled Seasonal Cookbook that happens to be Vegetarian'.

This is a personal project where I test each individual recipe until I feel it's at optimal deliciousness. If it wouldn't be moreish to a carnivore, it doesn't go in the collection. My aim is to help people, vegetarian or not, find how easy and tasty vege meals can be and to provide luscious eye candy with a difference. The project is broken into seasons and is being blogged as it progresses. All the recipes and images are freely available for people to use and share (with attribution). It's all here, with more details: http://www.wherefishsing.com/cookbook

www.wherefishsing.com/cookbook | @wherefishsing | facebook Remarkable recipes. Affordable artwork.

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