In article >,
"Bob (this one)" > wrote:
> > In article .com>,
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Hiya, would like to try some of these recipes, but I'm british and use
> >>ounces in cooking. Does anyone know the conversion? Thanx
>
> A good one <http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/volume>
>
> > There are 8 oz. to a cup.
>
> Yes, but British fluid ounces are a different size. 16 British ounces
> = 15 1/3 US ounces.
>
> > 1 oz. is roughly 30 mls.
>
> US ounce = 29 1/2 mls - close, but when scaling up, it distorts rather
> quickly.
>
> A US gallon is only .8 of an Imperial gallon.
>
> But it all comes to nothing here because most everybody but the US
> cooks by weight. Brits typically use their kitchen scales to cook with
> - much more accurate than volume measure.
>
> Those ounces...
>
> Any conversions from volume to weight in the kitchen can only be
> approximate.
>
> Pastorio
>
Exactly... :-)
And unless I am baking (which is rare since I live low carb), I rarely
ever measure _anything_ when I am cookng..... <G>
It's far more fun to make it up as I go along!
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