Help me convert this please!

On 5/29/2004 6:23 PM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these
great (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge:

Quoted message said:

I am trying to convert a recipe and need help that I
haven't been able
to find thus far. The recipe calls for 1 ounce of baking
soda, 2 lb +
13 oz. flour, and 3 lb. + 12 oz. sugar. Not only do I need
to convert
it to cups and Tbls. measurements, but I am also decreasing
it by 1/3.
If there is anyone who can help, I'd be tremendously
appreciative!

Convert everything to ounces, then divide by 3 and multiply
by 2. That will give you the measurements you need. There
are 16 oz to a pound.

Hardy's said:

I am trying to convert a recipe and need help that I
haven't been able
to find thus far. The recipe calls for 1 ounce of baking
soda, 2 lb +
13 oz. flour, and 3 lb. + 12 oz. sugar. Not only do I need
to convert
it to cups and Tbls. measurements, but I am also decreasing
it by 1/3.
If there is anyone who can help, I'd be tremendously
appreciative!

It would make much more sense to just buy a kitchen scale.
They aren't very expensive. Converting an unfamiliar recipe
and then trying to scale it down is asking for trouble.

However, that said, a cup of sugar weighs about seven ounces
and a cup of white flour weighs about four and a half
ounces. You can do the arithmetic. The conversion will
depend on humidity and how the dry ingredients are loaded
into the cup, so it's never exact.

Calculating off the box of baking soda 1 g = 1/4 tsp. So 4 g
= 1 tsp. Since an ounce in weight equals about 28 g, one
ounce of baking soda equals about seven teaspoons. Again,
not exact.

I'll leave you to work out what two-thirds of everything is.
Good luck; you will need it.

Hardy's said:

I am trying to convert a recipe and need help that I
haven't been able
to find thus far. The recipe calls for 1 ounce of baking
soda, 2 lb +
13 oz. flour, and 3 lb. + 12 oz. sugar. Not only do I need
to convert
it to cups and Tbls. measurements, but I am also decreasing
it by 1/3.
If there is anyone who can help, I'd be tremendously
appreciative!

There are tables that say they can convert weight measures
to volume. They're sorta close, but certainly not exact.
And, to add complexity, flour won't always weigh the same
for any given volume.

And, to add still more complexity, recipes can't always be
scaled up or down just by doing the math. The recipe you're
looking to convert is likely a professional one designed for
fairly sizable quantity. Or it's a bad domestic one with way
too much baking soda.

One reason you might not be able to find the help you want
is because it's not an easy thing to do well. Why don't you
put the whole thing here and let some of the knowledgeable
people here advise you on a whole question?

Pastorio

"Ted Campanelli" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On 5/29/2004 6:23 PM Ted shuffled out of his cave and
grunted these great (and sometimes not so great) words of
knowledge:

Quoted message said:

I am trying to convert a recipe and need help that I
haven't been able
to find thus far. The recipe calls for 1 ounce of baking
soda, 2 lb +
13 oz. flour, and 3 lb. + 12 oz. sugar. Not only do I
need to convert
it to cups and Tbls. measurements, but I am also
decreasing it by 1/3.
If there is anyone who can help, I'd be tremendously
appreciative!

Convert everything to ounces, then divide by 3 and
multiply by 2. That will give you the measurements you
need. There are 16 oz to a pound.

Surely that will not work even if it made sense. For one
thing, sugar is denser than flour so the same weight of
sugar will be fewer cups and TBS than flour. Then let's take
an example:

3 lb 12 oz of sugar is (3 x 16) + 12 = 60 Divide by three =
20 Multiply by 2 = 40.

40 what?

--
Peter Aitken

Remove the [censored] from my email address before using.

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Quoted message said:

Surely that will not work even if it made sense. For one
thing, sugar is denser than flour so the same weight of
sugar will be fewer cups and TBS than flour. Then let's
take an example:

3 lb 12 oz of sugar is (3 x 16) + 12 = 60 Divide by three
= 20 Multiply by 2 = 40.

40 what?

PICK ME! PICK ME....OOOH! OOOH!

Ah...my guess would be 40 oz or 2.5 lbs. Now just convert
that to fluid measurement by weighing out 2.5 lbs of sugar
and pouring it into measuring cups or vice versa...

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Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on
nothing but food and water.
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FIELDS, W. C.

Peter Aitken said:

"Ted Campanelli" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On 5/29/2004 6:23 PM Ted shuffled out of his cave and
grunted these great (and sometimes not so great) words of
knowledge:

Quoted message said:

I am trying to convert a recipe and need help that I
haven't been able
to find thus far. The recipe calls for 1 ounce of baking
soda, 2 lb +
13 oz. flour, and 3 lb. + 12 oz. sugar. Not only do I
need to convert
it to cups and Tbls. measurements, but I am also
decreasing it by 1/3.
If there is anyone who can help, I'd be tremendously
appreciative!

Convert everything to ounces, then divide by 3 and
multiply by 2. That will give you the measurements you
need. There are 16 oz to a pound.

Surely that will not work even if it made sense. For one
thing, sugar is denser than flour so the same weight of
sugar will be fewer cups and TBS than flour. Then let's
take an example:

3 lb 12 oz of sugar is (3 x 16) + 12 = 60 Divide by three
= 20 Multiply by 2 = 40.

40 what?

Um, could it be teaspoons...?

No, wait. It's metric. Micromanagers. Yeah. That's it.

Pastorio

Hardy's said:

I am trying to convert a recipe and need help that I
haven't been able
to find thus far. The recipe calls for 1 ounce of baking
soda, 2 lb +
13 oz. flour, and 3 lb. + 12 oz. sugar. Not only do I need
to convert
it to cups and Tbls. measurements, but I am also decreasing
it by 1/3.
If there is anyone who can help, I'd be tremendously
appreciative!

See section 2.7.5 of the rec.food.cooking FAQ for the
weight/volume conversion chart.

Victor

Quoted message said:

Hardy's said:

I am trying to convert a recipe and need help that I
haven't been able
to find thus far. The recipe calls for 1 ounce of baking
soda, 2 lb +
13 oz. flour, and 3 lb. + 12 oz. sugar. Not only do I
need to convert
it to cups and Tbls. measurements, but I am also
decreasing it by 1/3.
If there is anyone who can help, I'd be tremendously
appreciative!

It would be more accurate to use a scale. that is why
recipes are given in weight rather than volume in some
countries. Ed

Thanks for the advice; I think you're right! This is a
professional recipe designed for a very large product. I'll
follow your advice and request help from those who know a
bit more than I! Thanks again!

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Quoted message said:

Hardy's said:

I am trying to convert a recipe and need help that I
haven't been able
to find thus far. The recipe calls for 1 ounce of baking
soda, 2 lb +
13 oz. flour, and 3 lb. + 12 oz. sugar. Not only do I
need to convert
it to cups and Tbls. measurements, but I am also
decreasing it by 1/3.
If there is anyone who can help, I'd be tremendously
appreciative!

There are tables that say they can convert weight measures
to volume. They're sorta close, but certainly not exact.
And, to add complexity, flour won't always weigh the same
for any given volume.

And, to add still more complexity, recipes can't always be
scaled up or down just by doing the math. The recipe
you're looking to convert is likely a professional one
designed for fairly sizable quantity. Or it's a bad
domestic one with way too much baking soda.

One reason you might not be able to find the help you want
is because it's not an easy thing to do well. Why don't
you put the whole thing here and let some of the
knowledgeable people here advise you on a whole question?

Pastorio

Thank you, I think the kitchen scale idea is very reasonable
and of course, I'll have it when the next challenge comes my
way! Thanks.

Arri London <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hardy's said:

I am trying to convert a recipe and need help that I
haven't been able
to find thus far. The recipe calls for 1 ounce of baking
soda, 2 lb +
13 oz. flour, and 3 lb. + 12 oz. sugar. Not only do I
need to convert
it to cups and Tbls. measurements, but I am also
decreasing it by 1/3.
If there is anyone who can help, I'd be tremendously
appreciative!

It would make much more sense to just buy a kitchen scale.
They aren't very expensive. Converting an unfamiliar
recipe and then trying to scale it down is asking for
trouble.

However, that said, a cup of sugar weighs about seven
ounces and a cup of white flour weighs about four and a
half ounces. You can do the arithmetic. The conversion
will depend on humidity and how the dry ingredients are
loaded into the cup, so it's never exact.

Calculating off the box of baking soda 1 g = 1/4 tsp. So 4
g = 1 tsp. Since an ounce in weight equals about 28 g, one
ounce of baking soda equals about seven teaspoons. Again,
not exact.

I'll leave you to work out what two-thirds of everything
is. Good luck; you will need it.

A huge thanks to you all! This a bigger task than I had
anticipated. Wish me luck; I'm going to give it a go.

"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Hardy's said:

I am trying to convert a recipe and need help that I
haven't been able
to find thus far. The recipe calls for 1 ounce of
baking soda, 2 lb +
13 oz. flour, and 3 lb. + 12 oz. sugar. Not only do I
need to convert
it to cups and Tbls. measurements, but I am also
decreasing it by 1/3.
If there is anyone who can help, I'd be tremendously
appreciative!

It would be more accurate to use a scale. that is why
recipes are given in weight rather than volume in some
countries. Ed