Recipes, Cooking, Conversion Tables

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Here are a few recipes and some food links you might find interesting. I will be adding to this collection regularly so please drop by when you're in the neighbourhood.

If you are interested in IRC chatting look at the information about the #fareshare chat channel.

If you are having a little trouble with converting the different kinds of measurements you might want to check out the conversion table.

I have also added a Guestbook which you are welcome to sign.

MEASUREMENT CONVERSION TABLE

Liquid or Volume Measures (approximate)

1/4 teaspoon =
      1 ml

1/2 teaspoon =       2 ml

1 teaspoon = 1/3 tablespoon       5 ml

1 tablespoon

=

1/2 fluid ounce

3 teaspoons

    15 ml

      15 cc

2 tablespoons

=

1 fluid ounce

1/8 cup

    30 ml

1/4 cup

=

2 fluid ounces

4 tablespoons

    50 ml

1/3 cup

=

2 2/3 fluid ounces

5 1/3 tablespoons

    75 ml

1/2 cup

=

4 fluid ounces

8 tablespoons

  125 ml

2/3 cup

=

5 1/3 fluid ounces

10 2/3 tablespoons

  150 ml

3/4 cup

=

6 fluid ounces

12 tablespoons

  175 ml

7/8 cup

=

7 fluid ounces

14 tablespoons

  200 ml

1 cup

=

8 fluid ounces

16 tablespoons

  250 ml

2 cups

=

16 fluid ounces

32 tablespoons

  500 ml

4 1/4 cups

=

34 fluid ounces

1000 ml

1       liter

=

.034 fluid ounce

1 cc

       1 ml

.001 liter

1 pint

=

16 fluid ounces

2 cups

  500 ml

2 pints

=

32 fluid ounces

1 quart

  946 ml

4 quarts

=

128 fluid ounces

1 gallon

3785 ml

1 liter

=

1.057 quarts

1/4 gallon

1000 ml

Dry or Weight Measures (approximate)

1 ounce

30 grams

(28.35 g)

2 ounces

55 grams

3 ounces

85 grams

4 ounces

1/4 pound

125 grams

8 ounces

1/2 pound

250 grams

12 ounces

3/4 pound

375 grams

16 ounces

1 pound

454 grams

a bit less than 1/2 kilogram

32 ounces

2 pounds

907 grams

a bit less than 1 kilogram

1 kilogram

2.2 pounds

1000 grams

35.2 ounces

NOTE: We are learning that, contrary to what used to be a popular belief, a tablespoon is not necessarily a tablespoon when it comes to measuring ingredients. As we share recipes with people around the world we are fast realizing that it is necessary to specify the system of measurment used in these recipes.
For instance: British, Australian and sometimes Canadian recipes use the imperial pint which is 20 fluid ounces; American and sometimes Canadian recipes use the American pint of 16 fluid ounces. The Australian tablespoon is 20mL; the British tablespoon is 17.7mL; in most Canadian recipes the tablespoon is 15mL; the American tablespoon is actually 14.2mL.
All of this gets very confusing after a while and it will be a relief for all of us when recipes become standardized and we use weights when measuring ingredients much more than we do at present.

Here are some of my favorite food-related links:
Fareshare Home Page
Chef's Kitchen Wizardry
Alaska Michael
MasterCook
Chile Heads

For more links go the the Home Page.

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IRC Chats about Cooking and Sharing Recipes

Fareshare has an IRC chat on Starchat.net Wednesday and Saturday evenings
at 9:30 pm eastern (7:30 pm mountain).
Go to one of the servers for starchat.net and join #fareshare.
One of the servers for starchat.net is:
polaris.starchat.net, Port 6667

There are several other servers listed on http://www.starchat.net.
This is a moderated channel and there is usually a friendly and lively group on hand with lots of recipes being exchanged and interesting chit chat. If you need more information about getting started on IRC follow the link the the Fareshare Home Page above - there are lots of helpful hints there plus a link to a place where you can download two good IRC programs: mIRC or Pirch. If you want to download any of these IRC programs my ISP (Internet Connect - http://www.connect.ab.ca) is a mirror site for Tucows and is a safe place from which to do this.
A java-based entry to the chat is also available on the FareShare site.

Recipes

Here are a few recipes and some food links you might find interesting. I will be adding to this collection regularly so please drop by when you're in the neighbourhood.

If you are interested in IRC chatting look at the information about the #fareshare chat channel.

If you are having a little trouble with converting the different kinds of measurements you might want to check out the conversion table.

I have also added a Guestbook which you are welcome to sign.

Here are some of my favorite food-related links: Fareshare Home Page Chef's Kitchen Wizardry Alaska Michael MasterCook Chile Heads For more links go the the Home Page.

IRC Chats about Cooking and Sharing Recipes

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Here are some of my favorite food-related links:
Fareshare Home Page
Chef's Kitchen Wizardry
Alaska Michael
MasterCook
Chile Heads

For more links go the the Home Page.