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Measurement Systems
Systems of measurements are different types of measurements consisting of units and rules to govern them. These have been historically changed, regulated, and well defined to assist us in scientific and commercial trade purposes, especially between continents and nations. Major systems of measurement are,
- International System of Units (SI), also called the metric system.
- The British imperial system.
- The United States customary system.
In the USA they use Customary Units like inches, feet, pounds, quarts, and gallons.
This is fine except that you have to memorize or look up the strange conversions to get from one unit to another.
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Volume to Volume Conversions
Volume measures the capacity occupied by liquid, solid, or gas or essentially, how much space something is taking up in three dimensions. We need to use liquid measuring cups and spoons for basic liquid measurements and conversions. Remember, there are weight measuring cups too, and make sure you use the correct one.
We use volume or liquid measurements every single day. Whether we're cooking, gardening, or filling a pool, we have to know the right unit to use or the right amount after converting it into the most suitable scale. If you're trying to fill a swimming pool, you're probably going to want to use kiloliters or gallons more so than you would want to use milliliters cups, depending on the measurement system you use. Remember, a fluid ounce is a small amount, and a gallon is quite large. When you're cooking, chances are you're probably going to use cups than you are going to use gallons unless you're making a large amount of something. Therefore, if you measure the water in the aquarium, you measure it with gallons and if you're measuring the amount of soup that you're making, it is probably fluid ounces or maybe cups.
Therefore, you definitely have to know the right unit of volume to use. If you're not careful, you can end up putting too much something into your recipe, and it can lead to a disaster.
Knowledge of how to convert one type of liquid measurement unit to another is equally important as we come across various types of volume measurements in our day-to-day lives.
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Weight to Weight Conversions
To find out how heavy something is, you need to measure its weight.
Do you know what it is like to hold an ounce or a pound?
Only if you get a clear idea of weight measurements, you can easily convert ounces to pounds and pounds to ounces back and forth without worrying about whether to multiply or divide.
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Volume to Weight Conversions
All of you must've heard of fluid ounces and weight ounces. Many people would like to go back in time and change sharing the same name for different measurement systems.
Ounce to measure both volume and weight? Yes, it is confusing. However, it's better to learn the difference rather than googling it daily.
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Herbs and Spices Conversions
Herbs and spices are used to develop the character of a recipe as they flavor other foods and ingredients.
They also distinguish key ethnic and national dishes from each other.
For instance,
- Italian recipes use parsley, basil, rosemary, and oregano
- Scandinavian recipes use dill weed
- French recipes use tarragon and chive
As important as they sound, herbs and spices can be troublesome in measurements and conversions.
Most of the recipes measure the herbs and spices in ounces. We will help you decide and estimate herbs and spices in approximate quantities.
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