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  2. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    Cooking weights and measures. Measuring spoons (metric) – 1 mL, 5 mL, 15 mL, 50 mL, 100 mL, 125 mL. Measuring spoons (customary units) In recipes, quantities of ingredients may be specified by mass (commonly called weight), by volume, or by count . For most of history, most cookbooks did not specify quantities precisely, instead talking of "a ...

  3. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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    236.588 mL. The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes. In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup being 250 millilitres .

  4. Measuring cup - Wikipedia

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    Measuring cup. A simple plastic measuring cup, capable of holding the volume one cup. A measuring cup is a kitchen utensil used primarily to measure the volume of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients such as flour and sugar, especially for volumes from about 50 mL (approx. 2 fl oz) upwards. Measuring cups are also used to measure washing ...

  5. Ounce - Wikipedia

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    For example, the German apothecaries' ounce of 30 grams, is very close to the previously widespread Nuremberg ounce, but the divisions and multiples come out in metric. In 1820, the Dutch redefined their ounce (in Dutch, ons) as 100 grams. In 1937 the IJkwet of the Netherlands officially abolished the term, but it is still commonly used.

  6. Gram - Wikipedia

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    U.S. customary. 0.0352740 ounces. Atomic mass units. 6.022 140 76 × 1023 Da. The gram (originally gramme; [1] SI unit symbol g) is a unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth of a kilogram . Originally defined as of 1795 as "the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to the cube of the hundredth ...

  7. 25 Easy Ways To Cut Calories - AOL

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    However, it also contains about 9 grams of fat per ounce. ... For example, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups provide 232 calories for two large cups, while two mini cups come in at under 75 calories.

  8. Indian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    From 1833 the rupee and tolā weight was fixed at 180 grains, i.e. 11.66382 grams. Hence the weight of 1 maund increased to 37.324224 kilogram. [3] Traditionally one maund represented the weight unit for goods which could be carried over some distance by porters or pack animals.

  9. Tael - Wikipedia

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    Tael. Tael ( / ˈteɪl / ), [1] also known as the tahil and by other names, can refer to any one of several weight measures used in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It usually refers to the Chinese tael, a part of the Chinese system of weights and currency. The Chinese tael was standardized to 50 grams in 1959.