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One cup of			Metric equivalent

Beans, dried, cooked			200g

Bran			40g

Breadcrumbs, fresh			60g

Breadcrumbs, dried			20g

Bread flour, brown			120g

Bread flour, white			20g

Butter/margarine			230g

Cake flour, sifted			140g

Cake flour, unsifted			120g

Cheese Cheddar, grated			100g

Parmesan, grated			160g

Feta, diced			190g

Chickpeas, dried, cooked			170g

Cornflour/Maizena			10g

Icing sugar			130g

Lentils, cooked			160g

Mayonnaise			250g

Mealie Meal, instant			120g

Mealie Meal, sifted			60g

Oatmeal			60g

Rice, cooked			200g

Sugar, white/brown			200g

Castor sugar			220g

Icing sugar			130g

Tomatoes, chopped			200g

Whole-kernel corn, canned			190g


Note: 1 cup has the following international equivalents: US = 237 ml, UK = 284 ml and South Africa and Australia = 250ml

Imperial			Metric

¼ teaspoon			1 ml

½ teaspoon			2 ml

1 teaspoon			5 ml

1½ teaspoons			7 ml

3 teaspoons			15 ml

1 tablespoon			15 ml

1½ tablespoon			22 ml

2 tablespoons			30 ml

4 tablespoons			60 ml

¼ cup			65 ml

½ cup			125 ml

¾ cup			190 ml

1 cup			250 ml

1½ cup			375 ml

1¾ cup			440 ml

2 cups			500 ml

2¼ cups			565 ml

3 cups			750 ml

3½ cups			875 ml

4 cups			1 litre

¼ pint (4 fl oz)			125 ml

½ pint (8 fl oz)			250 ml

1 pint (16 fl oz)			500 ml

2 pints (1 quart, 32 fl oz)			1 litre


Note: These measures are rounded off for South Africa

Percentage Power (600-700 watt)			Marking on oven

10%			low/hold, warm, low, low/warm

20%			low

30%			defrost, low

40%			braise

50%			medium, simmer, medium low

60%			bake, medium

70%			high, roast, medium, medium high

80%			reheat

90%			saute, medium high

100%			full power, high


Note: Microwave oven power is measured in watts. a 650 -700 watt oven is a full power machine; a 500 - 650 watt machine is medium power and a 400 - 500 watt oven is low power. It takes about one and a half times as long to cook in a low power oven as it takes to cook in a full power oven.

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