When preparing almost any dish, we measure the amount of necessary ingredients in our usual ways, be it a glass, a cup or a spoon. And all would be fine, but only glasses and cups are not the same for everyone, and in many recipes the weight of the desired product is indicated in grams.

In such cases, an indispensable thing is which indicates both the number of milliliters for various kinds of liquids, and the weight in grams for dry products. Even with this useful kitchen appliance, it doesn't hurt to know the volume of the utensils most often used in food preparation.

A teaspoon holds 5 ml of water, three times more, that is, 15 ml; familiar to everyone, which is also called "Stalinist" or "Soviet", there are two types - with a smooth rim and without it. A glass with a rim is considered a tea glass, since it was in it that the train conductors carried tea around the carriage, the volume of this glass is 250 ml; the same glass, but without a rim - 200 ml.

It is important to remember that the volume of the dishes is not always equal to the weight of the food. For approximate data, a table of measures and weights of products may be useful. Many dry foods weigh much less in grams than they are in milliliters.

The tables below provide gram volume equivalent by weight, breaking down foods into convenient subcategories.

Note: The table of measures and weights of products in grams is designed taking into account the filling of the dishes as follows:

• spoon - with a small slide;
• glass - to the brim;
• can - to the neck.

Bulk products

This type includes cereals, flour and some others. The table of bulk products offers the main methods of measurement - a spoon and a glass, dividing them into several types, according to the volume. For the convenience of preparing large portions, cans with a volume of half a liter and a liter were added.

Always read the recipe carefully - one cup of flour does not mean 200 g of flour, even if your cup is slightly larger than 200 ml. Remember that in a "Stalinist" tea glass, filled to the brim, there is only 160 g of flour.

Note: If there is no traditional at hand in your kitchen, then it can be replaced with plastic. A standard clear polypropylene disposable glass holds exactly 200 ml of water.

Spices and additives (ground)

Since the preparation of most dishes requires little spices, a teaspoon and a tablespoon become their main yardsticks. For convenience, a standard volume of 10 ml was added. Spoon measures of weight of food are not equivalent to volume.

The weight of most spices and additives depends on the grind and quality of the product. For example, coarsely ground coffee will weigh slightly more than finely ground coffee.

Note:

• The table of measures and weights of products in grams does not guarantee an absolutely accurate weight, since the consistency and size of many products are not always the same.
• Very often spices are measured in pinches, in one pinch about a quarter of a teaspoon.

Liquids

Liquids are almost always measured in milliliters, which makes food preparation much easier, since it is enough to know the volume of the dishes in which the food is usually measured. In the case when prescription liquids are measured in grams, their weight is as close as possible to the volume.

Solid foods

Note: The following table of measures and weights of products in grams offers approximate data. The exact weight of products depends on their size and type.

Viscous products

Let's consider the last type of products.

When they want to cook something tasty and healthy, people are often faced with the fact that the components of a dish in recipes are presented in grams. Products can be solid, liquid, free-flowing, viscous, etc. How to measure those grams? Experienced housewives have already solved this problem.

Weight to volume ratio

It is known from the school course that different substances have different densities, and, therefore, the same weight can occupy a different volume.

Not everyone in the kitchen has a food scale, and they are not always useful. For example, weighing 50 g of flour or 70 g of rice is not very convenient and takes a lot of time. If you follow the recipe and measure the required grams with a scale, cooking will take so long that no housewife will be satisfied with the results of her labor, even if the dish turns out to be delicious.

As a rule, precision is required when experimenting with new dishes, as well as diets and fasting days. What is already known and passed is usually done by eye, i.e. experience comes with practice.

But what about those who start something new? For such, there is a measuring table, which shows how much volume a certain amount of bulk products takes.

What is more customary to measure food in the kitchen? Yes, with what is at hand - spoons, glasses, jars, etc. From this and proceeded when drawing up the table. Keeping it in front of your eyes and, if necessary, periodically addressing it is convenient and useful.

Table

The measuring table shows the volume of 100 g of bulk products, and not in milliliters, liters, etc., but in spoons and glasses.

A similar table for spices also does not hurt, only spices are usually measured in smaller volumes.

Berries are often measured in volumes. Table.

Many people like to use such a healthy and tasty product as nuts in cooking. Table.

Some subtleties

The data on the ratio of volume and weight of bulk solids may not seem accurate enough. The fact is that in the kitchen we use the utensils that are at hand. The teaspoons and tablespoons we use can vary greatly in size and capacity. For example, there are 2.5 and 5 ml teaspoons, and 10 ml dessert spoons. There is also a variety of tablespoons. There are large tablespoons with a scoop 7 cm long and 4 cm wide - they hold 18 ml of water. There are very small ones, with a 5 cm long scoop, they hold 12 ml of volume. There are medium ones - 15 ml.

The faceted glass, which is present in the table as a container, has long been a thing of the past. Not everyone even knows what he looked like. We are guided by the fact that it contained 200 ml of water. Many teacups today hold the same volume.

To concretize the declared measures of volume that the table contains, we will take the following values:

• A teaspoon - 5 ml.
• A tablespoon - 15 ml (or 3 teaspoons).
• Faceted glass - 200 ml (13 tablespoons or 40 teaspoons);
• Standard glass (thin teaspoon) - 250 ml (1.25 faceted glass, or 17 tablespoons, or 50 teaspoons).

Based on these volume measures, you will be able to choose the dishes that will most closely match the indicated ratios. It is not difficult to find at home convenient containers for bulk products that meet the necessary criteria. When choosing, if necessary, it is better to use weights and measurements.

Today, on the shelves of shops there is a large assortment of various measuring containers for products - glass, plastic, etc., with a volume of several milliliters and above. Such a purchase will not be expensive, but it will be very useful for the kitchen. Measuring containers for food are able to replace the kitchen scale and facilitate household work.

When you are engaged in culinary creativity, you need to be careful in everything and take your time. In the process of cooking, do not forget about the rules by which you need to measure bulk products:

1. Pour the product into a measuring container gently, with light movements, do not ram it.
2. The measuring container for food must be dry and clean.
3. All calculations in the table assume that bulk products are poured into a measuring container “without a slide”.

Using such a useful tool as the offered measuring table, you can easily cope with any recipe, save your time and effort. And may the result obtained please you and your loved ones.

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When we find a new recipe for ourselves, on the Internet or a new cookbook, or maybe a friend has shared it, then first of all we pay attention to the products necessary for cooking, and especially to their proportions. Quantities dry components (bulk, solid products) are usually indicated in grams or measured in glasses, teaspoons or tablespoons. Well, everything is clear with grams. If you have a kitchen scale available, then you probably know what to do. If there are no weights, then we need to somehow translate our grams into glasses or spoons, based on how much one or another product is required. It is more convenient to measure large quantities in glasses. Here it will help us product weights table... It will also be required for the reverse count, when it is more convenient for us to measure all quantities with the help of scales, and not to dirty glasses and spoons. But, it is important to remember that in recipes adapted for Russia, a glass is not meant beaker (minimum volume - 300 ml), and the usual faceted(up to lines - 200 ml, to the brim - 250 ml). In this case, the glass must be filled precisely to the risks at which the edges end, not necessary tamp. Volume teaspoon should be 5 ml, and dining room - 18 ml. We collect dry products with a spoon with a slide.

In foreign culinary literature, quantities are measured not in glasses, but in cups. But, this does not really change anything, since the cup is the same glass, filled to the brim - the same 250 ml. If you often come across recipes with "cups" instead of "glasses", then the following information will be useful to you.

Quantities liquid products it is indicated either in ml, or in glasses, spoons. Sometimes the value is indicated in grams. If glasses are indicated - we take a faceted glass, spoons are indicated - we use them, milliliters are indicated - we take a measuring glass, grams are indicated - we use scales, or according to the table we determine how many glasses or spoons are needed. And again comes to our aid product weights table. Liquid foods should fill the spoons to the brim. We collect viscous products with a spoon with a slide.

If you don't have a faceted glass in your kitchen, use a measured one. Find the marks at 200 and 250 ml. For clarity, they can be highlighted with a bright marker. If you need a glass of flour, add it to the bright mark. Of course, if the required amount of flour is a multiple of 200 grams, then it is more convenient to use a measuring glass (scale for flour). At the same time, put flour into a glass with a spoon, and not scoop it up. In the latter case, voids can form. It is more convenient to measure small amounts of flour with a tablespoon. A spoonful of flour is a heaping spoon. The flour should be sieved only after the required amount according to the recipe has been measured, since the sifted flour does not fit so tightly.

How to measure the right amount of product is up to you to choose. We hope that our pivot table will help you with your food preparation. For your convenience, the products in the table are sorted alphabetically. Some foods are grouped together (legumes, cereals, nuts, etc.). The table indicates how many grams the product contains a certain amount of volume.