Written by Catherine Saxelby
on Wednesday, 31 March 2010.
Tagged: healthy cooking, healthy recipes, kitchen organisation, measures
If you want to cook something from a recipe book from a country which uses imperial measures or you want to try out your grandmother’s favourite recipe that’s in pounds and ounces then you will need to convert the ingredient quantities. To help you we have prepared this handy conversion guide for the kitchen.
All our Foodwatch recipes use metric cup and spoon measures, as is standard in Australia. These are:
Weights |
---|
g = gram |
kg = kilogram |
1000g = 1kg |
Volumes |
ml = millilitre |
L = litre |
1000ml = 1L |
Lengths |
mm = millimetre |
cm = centimetre |
m = metre |
10mm = 1cm |
100cm = 1m |
Metric |
Imperial |
---|---|
15 g |
½ oz |
30 g |
1 oz |
60 g |
2 oz |
90 g |
3 oz |
100 g |
3 ½ oz |
125 g |
4 oz (¼lb) |
155 g |
5 oz |
185 g |
6 oz |
220 g |
7 oz |
250 g |
8 oz (½lb) |
280 g |
9 oz |
315 g |
10 oz |
345 g |
11 oz |
375 g |
12 oz (¾lb) |
440 g |
14 oz |
470 g |
15 oz |
500 g |
16 oz (1 lb) |
750 g |
24 oz (1 ½ lb) |
1 kg |
32 oz (2 lb) |
Metric |
Imperial |
---|---|
30 ml |
1 fluid oz |
60 ml |
2 fluid oz |
100 ml |
3 fluid oz |
125 ml |
4 fluid oz |
150 ml |
5 fluid oz (¼ pint = 1 gill) |
185 ml |
6 fluid oz |
250 ml |
8 fluid oz |
300 ml |
10 fluid oz (½ pint) |
500 ml |
16 fluid oz |
750 ml |
24 fluid oz |
1 L |
32 fluid oz (1 ¾ pints) |
Metric |
Imperial |
---|---|
3 mm |
1/8 in |
6 mm |
¼ in |
1 cm |
½ in |
2 cm |
¾ in |
2.5 cm |
1 in |
5 cm |
2 in |
6 cm |
2 ½ in |
8 cm |
3 in |
10 cm |
4 in |
13 cm |
5 in |
15 cm |
6 in |
18 cm |
7 in |
20 cm |
8 in |
23 cm |
9 in |
25 cm |
10 in |
28 cm |
11 in |
30 cm |
12 in (1 ft) |
Setting |
oC (Celsius) |
oF (Fahrenheit) |
Gas Mark |
---|---|---|---|
Very slow |
120 |
250 |
½ |
Slow |
140-150 |
275-300 |
1-2 |
Moderately slow |
160 |
325 |
3 |
Moderate |
180-190 |
350-375 |
4-5 |
Moderately hot |
200 |
400 |
6 |
Hot |
220-230 |
425-450 |
7-8 |
Very hot |
240 |
472 |
9 |
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