CULINARY INFO
Recipe Conversions
"DISCLAIMER"
The information contained here is supplied for your interest only and further research may be required.
I have gathered it from many sources over many years. While I attempt to insure they are crossed referenced for accuracy,
I take no responsibility for mistakes - additions or corrections are welcomed.
Food
I am constantly asked how to convert imperial to metric and vice versa and I have to admit while I grew up with the imperial system I am now totally metrically minded. These requests finally sent me on a quest to find easy equations on how to convert them, this was not an easy a task as I thought it would be. However finally I managed to come up with the formulae which you see below.
I also sell a CD that contains an automatic recipe converter.
These are available for $US20 (incuding P & P).
Type in your ingredients amounts and it converts them from metric to Imperial and vice versa automatically for you.
Post to "Recipe Converter", PO Box 469, Greymouth, New Zealand
| From | To | Multiply by |
| Gms | Oz | 0.035 |
| Kg | Lbs | 2.2 |
| Oz | Gms | 28 |
| Lbs | Kg | 0.45 |
| Mls | Tsp | 0.2 |
| Mls | Tbs | 0.07 |
| Mls | Fl oz | 0.03 |
| Lt | Cups | 4.23 |
| Lt | Pints | 2.1 |
| Lt | Quarts | 1.06 |
| Lt | Gals | 0.26 |
| Tsp | Mls | 5 |
| Tbs | Mls | 15 |
| Fl oz | Mls | 30 |
| Cups | Lt | 0.24 |
| Pts | Lt | 0.47 |
| Quarts | Lt | 0.95 |
| Gals | Lt | 3.8 |
| ºC | ºF | 9/5 + 32 |
| ºF | ºC | -32 x 5/9 |
American to Metric and Imperial
| From 1 cup | To (metric) | To (imperial) |
| butter | 142 gms | 5 oz |
| grated cheese | 98 gms | 3. 5 oz |
| sugar (castor) | 223 gms | 7. 5 oz |
| sugar (icing) | 110 gms | 3. 75 oz |
| sugar (soft brown) | 110 gms | 3. 75 oz |
| flour | 125 gms | 4. 5 oz |
| cornflour | 125 gms | 4. 5 oz |
| dried fruit (currants etc) | 200 gms | 7 oz |
| water | 250 mls | 8 fl oz |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 mls | .4 fl oz |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 mls | fl oz |
Heat
| Oven | Centigrade | Fahrenheit | Gas mark |
| Very slow | 115 - 135 | 240 - 275 | 1/2 |
| Slow | 135 - 160 | 275 - 320 | 1 |
| Warm | 160 - 170 | 320 - 340 | 3 |
| Moderate | 170 - 185 | 340 - 365 | 4 |
| Fairly hot | 185 - 205 | 365 - 400 | 5-6 |
| Hot | 205 - 225 | 400 - 440 | 7 |
| Very hot | 225 - 250 | 440 - 480 | 8-9 |
| Centigrade | 115 | 135 | 160 | 170 | 185 | 205 | 225 | 250 | 275 | 300 | 350 | 400 | 500 |
| Farenheit | 239 | 275 | 320 | 338 | 365 | 401 | 437 | 482 | 527 | 572 | 662 | 752 | 932 |
| Farenheit | 200 | 280 | 320 | 340 | 370 | 400 | 440 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
| Centigrade | 93 | 138 | 160 | 171 | 188 | 204 | 227 | 260 | 316 | 371 | 427 | 482 | 538 |
