Cooking from US recipes

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Have you ever tried to cook a recipe from a US cookbook?   I bet you noticed a few differences in the way we measure the ingredients and the temperatures that we use.   The reason for these differences is that in the US, we don't use the metric system.  So, if you want to bake a cake from a US recipe, you need to understand our measurements and how to convert them. 

One website that can help you with that is The Metric Kitchen.  There you will find tables and charts for converting a US recipe to metric measures. 

For example, if you want to bake a cake, the recipe will probably say preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  That means 350 degrees Fahrenheit.  You can use the tools on The Metric Kitchen website to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius.  So, 350 degrees Fahrenheit becomes 176.66666 degrees Celsius. 

US recipes also use abbreviations such as
tsp for teaspoon
Tbsp for Tablespoon
c for cup
lb. means pounds

Now you're ready to cook?  Try these recipes for Traditional American Food at MyRecipes.com.

And as always, thanks for listening.  This has been Cassie Brenn for fastfoodenglish.blogspot.com.