Weights and measures
From Cooking Wiki
In order to get your recipe to come out just right, you're going to run into measurements in some form or another. Most of us readily understand the common ones, but perhaps not some of the more esoteric units of measurement. Below, you'll find an abriged table of US measurements with their equivelents.
| Fluid Measures | ||||
| Unit | Defined | fl oz | ml | |
| drop | 1/12 dash | 1/576 | 0.05 | |
| dash | 1/8 tsp | 1/48 | 0.62 | |
| teaspoon | 1/3 tbsp | 1/6 | 4.93 | |
| tablespoon | 1/2 fl oz | 1/2 | 14.79 | |
| fluid ounce | 1/128 gal | 1 | 29.57 | |
| jigger | 1 1/2 fl oz | 1 1/2 | 44.36 | |
| gill | 1/2 cup | 4 | 118.29 | |
| cup | 1/2 pint | 8 | 236.59 | |
| pint | 1/2 quart | 16 | 473.18 | |
| quart | 1/4 gal | 32 | 946.35 | |
| gallon | 231 cu in | 128 | 3,785.41 | |
