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Granny's MeasurementsPinch, Dash, and Smidgen are a lot like Bunch, Few, and Some - there is no precise measurement. A pinch is what you can pick up between your finger and thumb. But, for folks that just have to know, here are commonly accepted conversions. |
Measurement | Equivalent |
a Hint | tiny amount (1/2 drop) |
a Drop | 1/64 teaspoon (1/2 smidgen) |
a Smidgen | 1/32 teaspoon (1/2 pinch) |
a Pinch | 1/16 teaspoon (1/2 dash) |
a Dash | 1/8 teaspoon (1/2 tad) |
a Tad | 1/4 teaspoon |
1/4 stick butter | 2 tablespoons |
1 stick butter | 1/2 cup |
juice of a lemon | 3 tablespoons |
juice of an orange | 1/2 cup
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Cooking Measurement Equivalents |
| tsp | Tbsp | fl oz | cup | pint | quart | gallon |
tsp | 1 | 1/3 | 1/6 | 1/48 | | | |
Tbsp | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/16 | 1/32 | | |
oz | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1/8 | 1/16 | | |
cup | 48 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 1/16 |
pint | 96 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/8 |
quart | 192 | 64 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1/4 |
gallon | 768 | 256 | 128 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
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