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Conversion Table
The best
place to start I think would be to include a Conversion Table.
So many of my recipes are
from our relatives that live throughout Europe. As I have many
Italian relatives that live both in Northern Italy and also many
that live in Sicily, those recipes are in Italian. I am able to
translate the recipes to English but I an terrible with the
Metric System.
The same applies to all
my German recipes. my wife's relatives are German and most still
live in Germany. Luckily, I spent a few years living in Germany
and I, with the help of my Mother-In-Law was able to translate
all of the German recipes I acquired.
The majority of the German
recipes are from my wife's Oma, (Grandmother) and keep with the
strictest of tradition.
So even though I lived
in Germany for over 3 years, I need the conversion table just as
much as most of my fellow Americans. I never could get the
conversions right.
So here is a nice little
Conversion Table for you to copy and use.
|
1 cup |
1 tbsp |
1 oz |
1 lb |
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Sugar |
200 g |
25 g |
25 g |
500 g |
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Salt |
250 g |
30g |
25 g |
500 g |
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Flour |
125 g |
25 g |
25 g |
500 g |
|
Oil |
250 ml |
25 g |
- |
- |
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Butter |
150 g |
15 g |
25 g |
500 g |
|
Meat |
- |
- |
- |
500 g |
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Water |
250 ml |
20 g |
- |
- |
|
Cream |
300 ml |
20 g |
25 g |
500 g |
|
Wine |
250 ml |
- |
- |
- |
|
Honey |
200 g |
25 g |
25 g |
500 g |
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Veggies |
125 g |
- |
- |
500 g |
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Here are two simple formulas for
converting Celsius degrees into Fahrenheit, and vice versa:
- to convert from Celsius scale into
Fahrenheit scale, multiply Celsius degrees by 9/5 and add
32
- to convert from Fahrenheit scale into
Celsius scale, subtract 32 from Fahrenheit degrees and
divide by 5/9
The table should help you:
|
Fahrenheit |
Celsius |
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Freezing point |
32 |
0 |
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Boiling point |
212 |
100 |
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Oven |
302 |
150 |
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Temps |
356 |
180 |
|
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392 |
200 |
|
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428 |
220 |
Substitute This For
That
There are always
times when you don't have a specific ingredient for a recipe.
Here are some handy little secrets that were used by
Grandmothers everywhere.
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1 square
unsweetened chocolate= 3 tbsp. shortening
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1tsp. Baking
Powder =1/4tspbaking soda +1/2tsp. cream of tarter
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1cup corn
syrup=1cup sugar+1/4cup water
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2cups butter or
margarine=1lb. or 4 sticks
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Bananas won't
darken if in Jell-O if you add 1tbls lemon juice to the
Jell-O
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1cup whole
milk=1/2cup evaporated milk=1/2cup water
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1cup
Honey=1-1/4cup sugar+1/4cup water
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1oz. Unsweetened
chocolate=3tbsp. cocoa=1tbsp shortening
Measurements and Equivalents
Have you ever
seen recipes with silly measurements like a dash of this and a
dash of that. Here are a few tips and meanings to those annoying
measurements.
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