Kitchen Measures
People in the United States use volume rather than weight in measuring quantities for most recipes in home cooking. They also use the term ounce as both a fluid measure and a weight: 16 ounces is both one pound or one pint or two cups. It is very easy to get confused. The following tables may help you decipher recipes.

United States Liquid Grams
1 teaspoon (tsp) 2
1 tablespoon (tbsp) 6
6 and 2/3 tbsp 100
16 tbsp. = 1 cup = 1/2 pint 22
2 cups = 1 pint = 1 pound 454
4 cups = 1 quart 907

Temperature

Centigrade to Fahrenheit
Boiling: 100C=212F
Body Temperature 37C=98.6
Room Temperature 20C=68
Freezing 0C=32F

You can Google temperature conversion by typing, e.g. 60F in C

Fahrenheit temperature = 9/5 Celsius plus 32

Oven Temperatures

In the United States oven temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit.

Fahrenheit		Centigrade		Oven Setting
140 - 250		70 - 121		Low or Slow
250 - 300		121 - 150		Medium Low
300 - 350		150 - 180		Medium/Moderate
350 - 400		180 - 200		Medium Hot
400 - 425		200 - 220		Hot
425 - 450		220 - 230		Very Hot
450 - 500		230 - 250		Extremely Hot

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