Jan 26, 2009

Glossary of terms

I have always wondered to put the glossary of the terms and symbols used. As a first step, the asterisks have been explained below. Happy eating!!!!

Glossary of terms I used

* - per your taste (every ones taste bud likes different level of taste, so be the boss of your taste buds).
tsp - Teaspoon
Tbsp - Tablespoon
cnt - Count

Cooking Measurements

1 tablespoon (Tbsp) - 3 teaspoons (tsp)
1/2 cup - 8 tablespoons
1 cup - 16 tablespoons
1 pint (pt) - 2 cups
1 quart (qt) - 2 pints
4 cups -1 quart
1 gallon (gal) - 4 quarts
16 ounces (oz) -1 pound (lb)

1 gram - .035 ounce
100 grams - 3.5 ounces
1 milliliter - 1/5 teaspoon
500 grams - 1.10 pounds
2.205 pounds - 35 ounces

5 ml - 1 teaspoon
15 ml - 1 tablespoon
100 ml - 3.4 fluid oz - 1 kilogram
240 ml - 1 cup
1 liter - 34 fluid oz - 4.2 cups