American Weights and Measures

 It is now possible to purchase many American vegan cookery and nutrition books in the UK. However, some of the recipes can be difficult to follow because of different ways of giving oven temperatures and because in America ingredients are measured in cups, rather than in ounces or grams. Consequently, you may find the following conversion tables useful:

Oven Temperatures
Gas Degrees F Degrees C
1/4 225 110
1/2 250 130
1 275 140
2 300 150
3 325 170
4 350 180
5 375 190
6 400 200
7 425 220
8 450 230
9 475 240

Liquid Measures
Millilitres Cups
125 ml 1/2 cup
200 ml 1 cup
250 ml 1 and a quarter cups
400 ml 2 cups
500 ml 2 and a half cups
650 ml 3 cups
750 ml 3 and a half cups
1 litre 5 cups

The conversion of solid substances is more complicated and seems to depend on the substance being measured and so some guesswork is usually necessary, here! Here are some examples:

Foods Cups Ounces
Ground Almonds 1 cup.... 4 oz
Tofu 1 cup.... 4 oz
Bulgar Wheat 1 cup.... 4 oz
Cooked Chickpeas 1 cup.... 4 oz
Dates 1 cup.... 8 oz
White Flour 1 cup.... 4 oz
Vegetable Fat 1 cup..... 7 oz
Dried Lentils 1 cup..... 7 oz
Parsley 1 cup.... 2 oz
Peanut Butter 1 cup.... 6 oz
Peanuts 1 cup.... 5 oz
Sultanas/Raisins 1 cup.... 6 oz

Please feel free to download a copy of this file, for your own personal use, if you feel that it would be useful!