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Many times cooks need to scale down large recipes for a smaller
group of diners, especially for two or three, and find it particularly
difficult.
For those of us who need to convert teaspoons to
tablespoons, tablespoons to cupfuls, and cupfuls to litres, this page is
for you
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Equivalent Measures |
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3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup
5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
16 tablespoons = 1 cup (8 ounces)
2 cups = 1 pint (16 ounces)
4 cups (2 pints) = 1 quart (32 ounces)
8 cups (4 pints) = 1/2 gallon (64 ounces)
4 quarts = 1 gallon (128 ounces)
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Metric
Conversion Table (approx) |
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U.S.UNITS |
NZ
METRIC |
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1/4 teaspoon |
1 mL |
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1/2 teaspoon |
2 mL |
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1 teaspoon |
5 mL |
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1 tablespoon |
15
mL |
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1/4 cup |
60 mL |
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1/3 cup |
85 mL |
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1/2 cup |
125 mL |
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2/3 cup |
165 mL |
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3/4 cup |
190 mL |
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1 cup |
250 mL |
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1 quart |
1 litre |
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1-1/2 quarts |
1.5 litres |
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2 quarts |
2 litres |
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2-1/2 quarts |
2.5 litres |
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3 quarts |
3 litres |
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4 quarts |
4 litres |
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1 ounce |
30 grams |
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2 ounces |
60 grams |
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3 ounces |
90 grams |
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4 ounces (1/4 pound) |
125 grams |
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8 ounces (1/2 pound) |
225 grams |
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16 ounces (1 pound) |
500 grams |
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1 pound |
1/2 kilogram |
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