Kitchen Tips

" Cottage cheese will remain fresh for longer, 

   if you keep it in a container filled with water

   in the fridge "

VOLUME	U.S. UNITS	U.K. UNITS	METRIC UNITS
1 teaspoon (US) =	1/6 ounce	5/6 teaspoon	4.929 milliliters
1 tablespoon (US) =	0.5 ounce	5/6 tablespoon	14.79 milliliters
1 fluid ounce (US) =	1 ounce	1.041 ounces	29.57 milliliters
1 gill (US) =	4 ounces	5/6 gill	118 milliliters
1 cup (US) =	8 ounces	5/6 breakfast cup	236.6 milliliters
1 pint (US) =	16 ounces	5/6 pint	473.2 milliliters
1 quart (US) =	32 ounces	5/6 quart	946.3 milliliters
1 gallon (US) =	128 ounces	5/6 gallon	3.785 liters
1 cubic inch	0.5541 ounces	0.5767 ounce	16.387 milliliters
1 teaspoon (UK) =	1.2 teaspoons	0.2083 ounce	6.16 milliliters
1 dessert spoon (UK) =	2.4 teaspoons	0.4167 ounce	12.32 milliliters
1 tablespoon (UK) =	1.2 tablespoons	0.625 ounce	18.48 milliliters
1 fluid ounce (UK) =	0.96076 ounces	1 ounce	28.4 milliliters
1 gill (UK) =	1.2 gills	5 ounces	142 milliliters
1 breakfast cup (UK) =	1.2 cups	10 ounces	284 milliliters
1 pint (UK) =	1.2 pints	20 ounces	568 milliliters
1 quart (UK) =	1.2 quarts	40 ounces	1.136 liters
1 gallon (UK) =	1.2 gallons	160 ounces	4.546 liters
1 milliliter =	0.203 teaspoon	0.169 teaspoon	l milliliter
1 centiliter =	2.03 teaspoons	1.69 teaspoons	10 milliliters
1 deciliter =	0.423 cup	0.352 cup	100 milliliters
1 liter =	1.057 quarts	0.8806 quart	1000 milliliters
1 deca liter =	2.642 gallons	2.202 gallons	10000 milliliters
1 teaspoon (metric) =	1.014 teaspoons	0.845 teaspoons	5 milliliters
1 tablespoon (metric) =	3.04 tablespoons	2.54 tablespoons	15 milliliters
1 standard cup =	1.0567 cups	0.8806 cup	250 milliliters