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chameleonseye/iStock/GettyImages Teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, ounces, milliliters – the different ways recipes give measurements can be baffling. Even experienced cooks and bakers sometimes forget an equivalent, and when measurements are in an unfamiliar system – like the metric system for Americans – all but professionals pull out their substitution charts. Don't panic if you can't locate your 1/4 cup measure. There are several ways to measure using other tools. Just be sure you're converting identical forms of an ingredient. Measuring Without the 1/4 CupWhen a recipe calls for 1/4 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/2 cup or 1 cup of water or another ingredient, you simply pull out your measuring cups, right? But wait – the 1/8 cup is nesting inside the 1/3 cup! Where did the 1/4 cup go? You check the dishwasher, a few other drawers and the kids' play kitchen, but it has disappeared. That's OK. You can measure 1/4 cup several other ways:
Converting Ounces to Milliliters and MoreOften, a recipe you want to try uses metric measurements instead of the standard U.S. system. It helps to keep a conversion table nearby so you can easily refer to it. In recipes, you will most often need conversions of weights and liquids, such as:
Converting Same IngredientsIt's important to make sure you're converting ingredients that are identical or of the same form for the conversion to work successfully. When finding another way to measure water, you're still measuring the same ingredients. Substitute broth or hot sauce: If you decided that instead of water, you'd like to add broth, that should be fine because broth is mild but flavorful and acts the same as water in a recipe. You can cook in broth and use it in sauces and gravies and more. While it may add flavor, 1/4 cup of broth won't change the recipe much. However, if you decide to use hot sauce instead of water, adding 1/4 cup of hot sauce might make your dish too spicy. Dried spices for fresh: Let's say your recipe called for 1 tablespoon of fresh rosemary, but you don't have it on hand, so you opt for dried rosemary instead. Dried spices are about three times more potent than fresh, so in general, it takes three times as much chopped, fresh spice than the same spice dried. So, 1 tablespoon of dried rosemary – a pungent spice – might overpower your dish. The conversion for spices is: 1 tablespoon fresh spice = 1 teaspoon dried spice. Wondering About Troy Ounces?You may have heard of troy ounces and wondered, "What's the difference between an ounce and a troy ounce?" Troy ounces are used internationally to measure precious metals like gold and silver. So, unless you're cashing in investments while your dinner simmers, you can concentrate only on converting standard ounces and forget about troy. References Writer Bio Barbara Bean-Mellinger is a freelance writer who lives in the Washington, D.C. area and writes about food for eHow.com and leaf.tv. She started baking on her own at age nine, creating appetizers at 10, and making family meals by 14. Barbara holds a B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh, where she often cooked elaborate meals and desserts for friends. YOU MAY ALSO LIKEFrom cups to grams to eggs, in cooking and in science, numbers need units to be measurements. Different countries use different volume and mass measurements, and converting between them when you’re up to your elbows in a recipe can be a challenge—but we’re here to help. Try the Conversion Calculator for a specific value or use the tables below.
*US dry volumes are a different system than US liquid volumes. Confusingly, they are also named (dry) pints and (dry) quarts. Using the above tables for dry measures in cooking will likely work just fine. Outside the US, dry ingredients are usually measured by weight. Use the table below to convert weights. How Many Grams Are In a Teaspoon?If you're looking for a grams-to-teaspoons conversion chart, you won't find one here. Grams are a measure of mass, and teaspoons measure volume. The correct conversion depends on the density of the item you're measuring. Water has a density of 1 g/ml, so the conversion is 1 gram to 1 millileter, which is equivalent to 0.2 teaspoons. For other substances, the density will be different, and each teaspoon will weigh a different number of grams. What Language Are You Measuring?Most countries use the metric system (officially known as the International System of Units), where every unit is defined using a measurable phenomenon, such as the distance light travels in a second. Some English-speaking countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, use measurement systems that originated from an old system called “English units”. To add to the confusion, these systems all use the same names, such as pints and quarts, to mean slightly different measurement amounts. Even within the US, there are differences between the US contemporary system and that used by the US Food and Drug Administration. These differences are small when the amounts are small, but can really add up for larger volumes. For example, a US contemporary teaspoon is 4.93 ml compared to 5 ml in the Britisth Imperial System teaspoon. The difference in a teaspoon of vanilla would be hard to measure even if you tried. But that difference becomes much more noticeable when you consider a gallon of milk, which in the US is 3,785 ml versus 4,546 ml in Britain. That’s over 3 US cups more milk when you pay in pounds instead of dollars! So pay close attention to the origin of the recipe you’re using, since the author may be speaking a different language of measurement. What else equals a 1/4 cup?
What can I use if I don't have a measuring cup?When you don't have either of these basic baking sets, here's what you can use as a substitute: measuring cup = standard coffee mug. measuring tablespoon = dinner spoon. measuring teaspoon = coffee spoon.
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