Food Conversion
 

I've decided to do a bit of cooking and on looking for recipes have found some interesting ones which are American and require cups of this and that - does anyone know of a chart off the web that lists the conversion into grams? I've looked and you have to enter 1 cup at a time, I just want to print off a chart rather than looking it up each time.

Ta :o

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I don't know of one but why don't you just measure in cups instead? I bought one of those little sets of plastic cups that measure 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1. I like this system a lot better than using scales it is much faster and easier, plus you can just throw the cups in the dishwasher and not have to clean your scales.

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Found a couple of charts converting cups to grams here:

http://www.cuisinecuisine.com/FoodConversions.htm

and here:
http://www.truestarhealth.com/member...s12SL10P1.html

but wouldn't recommend converting cups to grams when following an American recipe because it is so faffy - eg. 1/2 cup is 113.4 grams.

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I take Betty Crockers cake mixes back to England for friends and have told them that 1/2 cup = 4oz whether it's weight or liquid. Not sure about grams but scales and jugs usually show both imperial and metric.

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The problem is a cup of flour for example weighs less than a cup of sugar.

I definitely agree with yorkshirelass and get yourself a set of plastic cups. You can pick them up for not much more than a dollar and they are so much quicker than using scales.

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If you look under the original poster's name you will see that he/she is living in Lincolnshire, England and therefore probably unable to buy any jugs or plastic beakers with US cup measurements easily!

I actually have some British weighing scales and Imperial/metric jugs for when I use British cookery books, Australian cup measures when I use Aussie cookery books and US cup measures for American recipes....(US and Australian cup sizes are different and no I'm not talking about bra sizes....) :D

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I use both systems. When using American recipes I use the jug/cup method, and when using my old British recipes, a set of scales. I don't think it's really worth converting cup measurements into grams - too fiddly! Even in the UK you can buy the American measures, if not locally then at www.lakelandlimited.com

Edit: to add link to US measures http://www.lakelandlimited.com/is-bi...0AAAD9DgKIX2up

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On the measuring jugs I brought with me from England there are different ounce markers for flour and sugar. She could use an english measuring jug, instead of scales, which I'm sure she already has as everyone I know in England has at least one.

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Search in this forum. I'm sure this question came up a few months back.

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Totally agree. I bought the jug from lakeland. Saves me a lot of hassle, and easy cleanup, which is a blessing with all my kids... Hahahaha..

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I'm always surprised when people say that using measuring cups is easier than scales. I mean, what the heck is a 'cup' of flour? You could pack it tight or loose, which can make a lot of difference. And having to check that each cup is level before you add it seems more complicated to me.

I have a digital scale which is completely flat. I can place the mixing bowl on top and reset it to zero for each new ingredient to be added. Bowl goes into the dishwasher - easy-peasy! :)

I never bother with US recipes unless they also give metric or imperial equivalents. I'm a great fan of Delia's - her recipes simply never fail! http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/selections/

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The reason I ask and yes I am blonde is because my cup sizes are different, e.g. I have a blue and white cup that is not the same size as the brown cup so which cup do I use and if someone could just tell me one cup is 5 gms that would make me feel so much better and probably not waste so much food!!!

Thank you everyone for your help - just to let you know I am going to attempt to make banana bread. Last time I made this was at school and from making it in the afternoon by the time I got it home litterally a couple of hours later it had fur coat on it - I have NO idea how the hell that happended so as you can see the cups are only the small problem at this stage!! :o :eek:

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You'll be wanting this then - no need for special cups or anything, and it is both foolproof and yummy:

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/b...f,1090,RC.html

HTH

:)

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this is an issue the wife has ;)

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Not too much, I hope - she must be quite lopsidded!! :D :D