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Measurement Conversions for Recipes
Measuring Equivalents
Dry or Liquid
Ingredients
American Standard
3 teaspoons
4 Tablespoons
5⅓ Tablespoons
16 Tablespoons
Weight
½ pound
1 pound
Metric
1 liter
Fluids
2 cups
4 cups
2 pints
4 quarts
Fluid Ounces
2 Tablespoons
1 cup
1 pint
1 quart
Miscellaneous
1 dash (dry measure)
1 pinch (dry measure)
juice of 1 lemon
peck (dry measure)
bushel (dry measure)
Equivalent
Measurement
1 Tablespoon
¼ cup
⅓ cup
1 cup
8 oz.
16 oz.
1 quart plus ¼ cup
1 pint
2 pint
1 quart
1 gallon
1 fluid ounce
8 fluid ounces
16 fluid ounces
32 fluid ounces
¼ teaspoon or less
⅛ teaspoon or less
2-3 tablespoon
2 gallons
8 gallons
Abbreviations
Name
teaspoon
tablespoon
cup
pint
quart
gallon
ounce
pound
degrees Fahrenheit
Celsius
hour
minute
second
liter
milliliter
gram
dozen
fluid ounces
bushel
peck
package
Abbreviation
tsp. or t.
Tbsp. or T.
c.
pt.
qt.
gal. or gl.
oz.
lb. or #
°F
°C
hr.
min.
sec.
l
ml
gm or g
doz.
fl. Oz.
bu.
pk.
pkg.
Source:
The Learning ZoneXpress™, www.learningzonexpress
Prepared by Kimberly A. Baker, MS, RD, LD; Food Safety and
Nutrition Agent and Adair Hoover, Program Assistant, Food Safety
and Preservation, Clemson University HGIC (New 3/12.)
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time of publication, but the status of registration and use patterns are subject to change by action of state and federal regulatory agencies. Follow
all directions, precautions and restrictions that are listed.
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