Thursday, October 30, 2014

Chinese Weights and Measures


Ingredients
Water
Cooking Oil
Soy Sauce
Vinegar
Cooking Wine
Salt
MSG
Sugar
Cornstarch


1 pinch /
1 ml
1 g
.9 g
1.2 g
1 g
1 g
1.2 g
.7 g
.9 g
.4 g
1tsp/5ml
5 g
4.5 g
6 g
5 g
5 g
6.3 g
3.7 g
4.5 g
2 g
1 tbs / 15ml
15 g
13.5 g
18 g
15 g
15 g
18.5 g
11 g
13 g
6 g
1.76 fl. Oz
/ 50 ml
50 g
55 g
60 g
50 g
50 g
63 g


42 g
20 g
3.52 fl. Oz
/ 1 cup
500 g
549 g
600 g
500 g
500 g
630 g








N.B., the last entry under "Ingredients" seems wrong as 3.52 fl. Oz. is not 1 full cup. As this is Chinese measures, however, it could be that this is a teacup measure.

This table is very useful is you are a restaurant or caterer. It won't matter much to the home cook, but the table is provided as a matter of convenience.