Recipe
Measurements

I don't know about you, but I often need to convert between Imperial and Metric measurements so I wrote up a little conversion chart. However, the typical Imperial and Metric measurements aren't necessarily the best measure for a particular ingredient, so I added another column ... "useful".

Ingredient

Useful

Metric

Imperial

Breadcrumbs (Dried)

1 cup

155 g

5 oz

Breadcrumbs (Fresh)

1 cup

60 g

2 oz

Butter

1 cup

250 g

8 oz

Butter

2 tablespoons

40 g

1 oz

Cheese (hard, grated)

1 cup

100 g

3 oz

Cheese (soft: cottage, cream, curd)

1 cup

225 g

8 oz

Chicken fillet

1 fillet

150 g

5 oz

Coconut

1 cup

90 g

3 oz

Flour

1 cup

125 g

4 oz

Flour

4 tablespoons

25 g

1 oz

Fruit (Dried)

1 cup

185 g

6 oz

Golden Syrup

1 cup

375 g

12 oz

Margarine

1 cup

250 g

8 oz

Margarine

2 tablespoons

40 g

1 oz

Nuts

1 cup

125 g

4 oz

Nuts (chopped)

2 tablespoons

25 g

1 oz

Rice

1 cup

220 g

7 oz

Sugar (White, Brown, or Icing)

1 cup

185 g

6 oz

Water

1 cup

250 ml