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!