How Does It Measure Up?

Kitchen abbreviations! They’re everywhere, but does anyone really know what they all mean? Tsp? Tbsp? Oz? There’s just so many… who’s to get them all straight!

Well, I used to feel just the same way; that is until I realized that the confusion of kitchen abbreviations didn’t have to baffle me any longer. How’d I solve my problem? I made a cheat sheet, of course. It helps he so much and now I’ve found that I can help out other people with my fancy list.

It’s not so much that abbreviations are hard to decipher, as much as it’s that if it’s unfamiliar, you want to be 100% sure. In baking, a teaspoon and a tablespoon are very different!

In addition, measurements and equivalencies can be confusing! On a scale, how much is ½ a pound exactly? It’s hard to know. That’s why there a chart for equivalencies as well!

Here, have a look at my charts. Hopefully, it can help you out as much as it helped me!

Abbreviations

Approx- approximate

Bu- bushel

C- cup

Doz- dozen

Fl- fluid

Gr- granulated

Hr- hour

Lb- pound

Liq- liquid

Min- minute

Mod- moderate

Oz- ounce or ounces

Pd- powder

Pk- peck

Pt- pint

Qt- quart

Sq- square

Sub- substitute

Tbs or T- tablespoon

Tsp- teaspoon

Equivalents:

1 oz- 1/8 cup

8 oz- 1 cup

dash or pinch (as much as can be held between fingertips)- less than 1/8 teaspoon

4 Tbs- 1/4 cup

5 Tbs+1 tsp- 1/3 cup

8 Tbs- 1/2 cup

4 cups- 1 quart (32 fl oz)

4 quarts- 1 gallon (128 fl oz)

4 pecks- 1 bushel

16 ounces (liquid or dry)- 1 pound

2 cups (liquid)- 1 pound

Metric Equivalents:

5 grams- 1 teaspoon

30 grams- 2 Tbs.

227 grams- 1/2 pound

1 kilogram- 2 1/5 pounds

Well, that’s all folks! Enjoy these abbreviations and conversions! ( I know I sure do…)