I ran across a recipe from the Netherlands and was surprised to see it used mostly (but not all) English units. Which got me thinking: What does a typical recipe use in a metric country and what utensils do they use? In other words, we use tablespoons, teaspoons, half teaspoons, quarter etc., cups, half cups, etc. What would be in a typical European drawer? A 1 ml spoon? Half ml? 3 ml? A 10 ml cup? How do they measure dry spices? I saw a recipe on here that said 3g of this spice, 4g of that. Do they have tiny scales accurate to a gram?
2006-07-07 14:31:41 · 9 answers · asked by ? 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Re Happybiz:
This is only true for large measuring cups. Besides I am not looking for conversions; that's easy. What I want to know is what is analogous to our tablespoon, teaspoon, etc. (not equivalent) -- what spoons and cups they use, and what their sizes are.
2006-07-07 15:16:16 · update #1
Here are some conversions:
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
There are measuring cups, spoons etc available in metric measurements. Many measuring cups have both now. English measure printed on one side and the metric on the other.
More information are available at the attached websites.
2006-07-07 14:45:51 · answer #1 · answered by Wiscdance 3 · 8⤊ 2⤋
All the recipes I have gotten in foreign countries used metric units (grams, kilograms, liters, ml, etc)
2006-07-08 03:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look on a measuring cup, the units are both there.
2006-07-07 22:09:39 · answer #3 · answered by happybidz2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By and large, recipes are exempt from the metric system, most dry spices are measured in pinches.
2006-07-07 21:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by bender_xr217 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
g, ml, L etc.
As for measurments - who measures anyway? A pinch is a pinch - metric or english.
2006-07-07 21:34:40 · answer #5 · answered by psuche 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For ANY measurement conversion that you can think of, go to the website below. They have ancient measures and some that I have never heard of. It is fun, if nothing else.
2006-07-08 01:35:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
36, 24, 36
2006-07-07 21:34:04 · answer #7 · answered by bbcranks 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK dumb *** yes they do OK y dint u go to another country and ask them that
2006-07-07 21:35:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
beats me
2006-07-07 21:34:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋