Converting Measurements

For the first time in two months I was able to have a long relaxed conversation with my life-long friend, Sarah Hodges.  If you don't know Sarah, she and I grew up together and about two months ago she moved to Kenya for a year of service with an orphanage.  If you think that just moving to Kenya is awesomely crazy try doing it with a two MONTH OLD BABY!

She LOVES it there. Yeah, there are a few things that she misses (ice cream being one of them :) ) But the grace and joy that comes from obeying God is well worth the sacrifice.  When I spoke with her I was thinking that she was going to tell me all the weird things that she was doing...aka tribal rituals, using mango as a diaper rash suppressant etc.  But to my comfort and interest she is having the same parenting experience as I had with my little N.  Her questions were the same, and though the supplies she had to work with are different the pursuit is not unlike my own; how can I provide a loving and comforting home for my family that I would want for myself without killing myself in the process.

One of the things that she said was hard for her was converting her American version of measurements to their Kenyan version.  One cup here in America is 237 milliliters in Kenya (and around the world.  America is only country to use such measurements). So, with the promise of her reading my blog in the not to distant future prodded the idea of posting about the conversion table that she was in need of.  So, Sarah here is your conversion table from 1 tsp to 8 cups. Love Ya Girl!

Volume Conversions: Normally used for liquids only
Customary quantity	Metric equivalent
1 teaspoon	5 mL
1 tablespoon or 1/2 fluid ounce	15 mL
1 fluid ounce or 1/8 cup	30 mL
1/4 cup or 2 fluid ounces	60 mL
1/3 cup	80 mL
1/2 cup or 4 fluid ounces	120 mL
2/3 cup	160 mL
3/4 cup or 6 fluid ounces	180 mL
1 cup or 8 fluid ounces or half a pint	240 mL
1 1/2 cups or 12 fluid ounces	350 mL
2 cups or 1 pint or 16 fluid ounces	475 mL
3 cups or 1 1/2 pints	700 mL
4 cups or 2 pints or 1 quart	950 mL
4 quarts or 1 gallon	3.8 L
Note: In cases where higher precision is not justified, it may be convenient to round these conversions off as follows:   1 cup = 250 mL   1 pint = 500 mL   1 quart = 1 L   1 gallon = 4 L

Weight Conversions
Customary quantity	Metric equivalent
1 ounce	28 g
4 ounces or 1/4 pound	113 g
1/3 pound	150 g
8 ounces or 1/2 pound	230 g
2/3 pound	300 g
12 ounces or 3/4 pound	340 g
1 pound or 16 ounces	450 g
2 pounds	900 g

  

Weights of common ingredients in grams
Ingredient	1 cup	3/4 cup	2/3 cup	1/2 cup	1/3 cup	1/4 cup	2 Tbsp
Flour, all purpose (wheat)	120 g	90 g	80 g	60 g	40 g	30 g	15 g
Flour, well sifted all purpose (wheat)	110 g	80 g	70 g	55 g	35 g	27 g	13 g
Sugar, granulated cane	200 g	150 g	130 g	100 g	65 g	50 g	25 g
Confectioner's sugar (cane)	100 g	75 g	70 g	50 g	35 g	25 g	13 g
Brown sugar, packed firmly (but not too firmly)	180 g	135 g	120 g	90 g	60 g	45 g	23 g
Corn meal	160 g	120 g	100 g	80 g	50 g	40 g	20 g
Corn starch	120 g	90 g	80 g	60 g	40 g	30 g	15 g
Rice, uncooked	190 g	140 g	125 g	95 g	65 g	48 g	24 g