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I don't understand the whole cup measuring thing and I've got a recipe which says ½ cup of granola mix so what weight in grams, oz, teaspoon, tablespoon, I don't mind ... does that work out to be please?

Thanks.

Is that an American recipe?

We had this discussion a while ago I'll see if I can find link....I remember Jeannine had all the answers I know that not all cup measurements are the same and I only know the ones for NZ but the weight of a volume measurement is going to be different for what ever you are measuringe.g cup coconut weighs less than a cup of sugar.

Hi Kea, yes I think it is from the USA.  Thanks for your help :)

Cup measurement is a measure of volume, not weight. I think the British cup is 1/3 of a pint, a British pint is 20fluid ounces, an American pint is 16fluid ounces. I would guess that a cup is 6-2/3 fluid ounces (almost 20 cl).

hope the following helps.  :)

1 teaspoon: 5ml (metric)
3 teaspoons: approx 1 tablespoon
1 tablespoon: 14ml (metric)
2 tablespoons: 1 fluid ounce
1 fluid ounce: 28ml (metric)
4 tablespoons: 1/4 cup
5-1/3 tablespoons: 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons: 1/2 cup
10-2/3 tablespoons: 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons: 3/4 cup
16 tablespoons: 1 cup or 8 fluid ounces
1/8 cup: 2 tablespoons
1/4 cup: 4 tablespoons or 2 fluid ounces
1/3 cup: 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon
1/2 cup: 8 tablespoons
2/3 cup: 10-2/3 tablespoons
1 cup: 16 tablespoons, 8 fluid ounces or 1/2 pint
2 cups: 1 pint
1 pint: 570ml (metric)
2 pints: 1 quart
4 quarts (liquid): 1 gallon
1 liter: approximately 4 cups, or 1 quart
1 ounce: 27gm (metric)
1 pound: 430gm (metric)the end

i bought a set of measuring spoons and cups from poundland which had the correct measures for cups etc

Thanks all for the replies :)

Sarah, just what I needed, thank you!

usually the whole recipe will be in  'cups', this is an arbitary measurement, and not meant to be converted. I think the idea goes back to when folk did not have scales, but did have a cup! if everything is measured in cups,  1/2 cup, 1/4 cup, etc, the proportions of the recipe stay the same.
you could use a bucket if you cooking for a large event!!  ;D ;D

This is the niggle?

16 tablespoons, 8 fluid ounces or 1 cup.

A UK 'cup' is 10oz?

But I do agree - stick to one system if you can.

Depends whether you are using American or Australian cups.

valmarg

Quote from: tim on January 21, 2009, 19:21:55
This is the niggle?

16 tablespoons, 8 fluid ounces or 1 cup.

A UK 'cup' is 10oz?

But I do agree - stick to one system if you can.

if the author of the recipe can't be specific, I guess they ain't made it! so feel free to experiment? ;)

Quote from: sarah on January 21, 2009, 08:16:55
hope the following helps.  :)

1 cup: 16 tablespoons, 8 fluid ounces or 1/2 pint
2 cups: 1 pint
1 pint: 570ml (metric)

There's some confusion here. The UK pint is 20 fluid ozs but the above 2 cups is only 16 fluid ozs (The USA pint) which would be 456 ml.

I hope the pro Americans in the UK will be happy with 16 fluid ozs for the price of a pint when they go to the Pub.

Morrisons were selling cup measures. There are 4 measuring scoops in the set....ranging from 1/4 teaspoon to 1 cup. They do ml measures as well :D However you would still need Sarahs conversions ;)

I cant remember how much they were, but they wouldnt have been much or I wouldn't have bought 'em lol ;D