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imperial to metric conversion

febreze Posts: 93 Joined: 2005/05/05	2006/02/25, 02:03 PM hey, alot of recipes i see online are American and the measurements are in cups....but here in britain we use grams and ml...I've tried searching for conversion tables online but alot of them say different things...for instance one said i cup is 230g and another said its something like 400g! And in terms of liquid one said 1 cup is 235 ml whereas others said 250ml. Its too confusing, so can someone help me and give me the approx. equivalent to one cup in terms of dry stuff (g) and fluid (ml) thanks..
mrdeadly99 Posts: 124 Joined: 2005/09/21	2006/02/25, 09:15 PM cups to mL should be the same. the reason cups to grams is diffrent is because diffrent foods have diffrent weights. 1 cup of marshmellows will not have the same weight in grams as 1 cup of tomatoes. i believe 1 cup= about 250 mL (im an engineering major, what can i say?lol:big_smile:
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2006/02/27, 09:25 PM Actually there are 3 kinds of measurements when it comes to liquid, they are US, Metric, and Canadian also known as Imperial. Check out this conversion site it specialises in cooking measures. http://www.onlineconversion.com/cooking_volume.htm -------------- Scales are for dead weight: We are not dead yet! Still trying to find out how to do the Hollywood Free Press. Ivan Montreal Canada
febreze Posts: 93 Joined: 2005/05/05	2006/02/28, 08:57 AM ohh ok i geddit. dry foods are basically measured in volume rather than weight... i think i'll just invest in some cheap cups online...will make it alot easier! thanks for the info