How do you convert British recipes to American measurements?
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1"British?" Do you mean gramms etc. ounces? Honestly, you do it like we Europeans use American recipes with cups and oz. : look up the conversion (table, formula, online tool) and do the math.Stephie– Stephie ♦2017-08-05 06:28:34 +00:00Commented Aug 5, 2017 at 6:28
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I'm going to assume you're dealing with British Imperial measurements (as opposed to metric).
The main 'gotchas' are cups/pints/quarts, and tablespoons:
US cup = 8 fl.oz. British cup = 10 fl.oz US pint = 16 fl.oz British pint = 20 fl.oz US quart = 32 fl.oz British quart = 40 fl.oz US tablespoon = 14.2 mL ; British tablespoon = 17.7 mL
Also see Translating cooking terms between US / UK / AU / CA / NZ .
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and there's also the "metric cup" (8.45 fl.oz; 250mL). And the infamous 'dessert spoon' (9.5mL)Joe– Joe2017-08-03 21:58:45 +00:00Commented Aug 3, 2017 at 21:58
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1not to mention that a 15ml tablespoon isn't a tables-poon but a dessert-spoon. Though for recipes this is now always taken to be ~15ml, older cookbooks will mean ~25ml when they use the term "table-spoon"Niall– Niall2017-08-05 15:42:57 +00:00Commented Aug 5, 2017 at 15:42