When I first delved into cooking more traditionally i.e. when I got my copy of Nourishing Traditions, I was completely thrown as everything was measured in American 'cups'. I soon discovered that I could buy a set of cups, and it does make life a lot easier, but sometimes it helps to have an English equivalent, especially for things like butter which I find easier to measure on scales. So for ease, I provide here equivalent quantities for ingredients used a lot in traditional cooking recipes and GAPS diet recipes. Where the exact equivalent is not a 'neat' oz measure, I provide it in grams. Most scales do both.
Fluids
Please always remember:
An American pint = 16 floz
An English pint = 20 floz.
So 1 cup is half a pint = 8 floz.
Half cup = 4 floz
Quarter cup = 2 floz
1 quart = 2 American pints = 32floz
1 American gallon = 8 pints = 4 quarts
Butter
1 cup = 8oz
Half cup = 4oz
Quarter cup = 2oz
Cashew nuts
1 cup = 140g = 5oz (approx.)
Shredded (desiccated) coconut:
1 cup = 85g
Coconut flour:
Flour and sugar: (not for GAPS diet!)
1 cup = 4 oz
Half cup = 2 oz
When using cups, always try to measure dry ingredients first. This will save on washing up, but should also make things like honey slip out of the cup easily. For example, honey measured after cocoa powder just comes out clean, no scraping, saving time and effort.
Fluids
Please always remember:
An American pint = 16 floz
An English pint = 20 floz.
So 1 cup is half a pint = 8 floz.
Half cup = 4 floz
Quarter cup = 2 floz
1 quart = 2 American pints = 32floz
1 American gallon = 8 pints = 4 quarts
Butter
1 cup = 8oz
Half cup = 4oz
Quarter cup = 2oz
Cashew nuts
1 cup = 140g = 5oz (approx.)
Shredded (desiccated) coconut:
1 cup = 85g
Coconut flour:
Flour and sugar: (not for GAPS diet!)
1 cup = 4 oz
Half cup = 2 oz
When using cups, always try to measure dry ingredients first. This will save on washing up, but should also make things like honey slip out of the cup easily. For example, honey measured after cocoa powder just comes out clean, no scraping, saving time and effort.