Measurements for Cooking

Metric units for cooking.

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Oven Temperatures
°F	°C	Oven Dial Setting	Baking Term
518	270	9
500	260		Very hot ...
475	245
464	240	8
450	230		... Very Hot
425	220
410	210	7
400	205		Hot
375	190		Moderately hot
356	180	6
350	177		Moderate
325	165		Moderately slow
300	150	5	Slow
275	135
250	120	4	Very slow
225	107
200	93
190	88	3
180	82
170	77
165	74
160	71
150	66
140	60	2
130	54
120	49
110	38
90	32
86	30	1
80	27

Fluid Measurements
Metric	Tbs/Cup	Fluid Oz.	Grams
	2 Tbs	1	30
	1/4 cup	2	60
	-	3	85
125 ml	1/2 cup	4	115
	-	5	140
	3/4 cup	6	180
250 ml	1 cup	8	225
	-	9	250
	1-1/4 cup	10	285
	1-1/2 cup	12	340
	1-3/4 cup	14	400
500 ml	2 cup, 1 pint	16	450
	2-1/2 cup	20	560
750 ml	3 cup	24	675
	3-1/2 cup	28	800
1 lt	4 cup, 1 qt	32	900
	5 cup	40
	6 cup	48
2 lt	8 cup, 2 qt	64
	10 cup	80
3 lt	12 cup, 3 qt	96
	4 qt	128

Measurements and Abbreviations
1 cl	1 centilitre	1/100 litre; 10 ml	0.34 fluid oz.
1 ml	1 millilitre	1/1000 litre; 1/10 cl	0.03 fluid oz.
1 dl	1 décalitre	1/10 litre; 100 ml; 10 cl	3.5 fluid oz	just under 1/2 cup
1 lt	1 litre	1000 ml; 100 cl	1.06 qt	4.23 cup

c. à soupe (c.s.)	cuiller à soupe *		tablespoon
c. à café (c.c.)	cuiller à café *		teaspoon
gousse (d'ail)	clove (of garlic)
botte (de persil)	sprig (of parsely
levure chimique	baking powder: 1 sachet = a bit more that 2 teaspoons
g	gram

Note: The French cuiller à soupe is a "soup spoon", and the French cuiller à cafè is a "coffee spoon".

These are not used in French cuisine as precise measurements in the same way an Anglo-Saxon teaspoons or soupspoons are used for exact measures of things like yeast.

Spelling "spoon" in French cookbooks: cuillère, cuiller. The word cuillerèe is also used, but technically means "the contents of the spoon".

Measurements for Cooking

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