How do you convert British recipes to American measurements?

Question

How do you convert British recipes to American measurements?

Answer 1

I'm going to assume you're dealing with British Imperial measurements (as opposed to metric).

The main 'gotchas' are cups/pints/quarts, and tablespoons:

US cup   = 8 fl.oz.  British cup   = 10 fl.oz
US pint  = 16 fl.oz  British pint  = 20 fl.oz
US quart = 32 fl.oz  British quart = 40 fl.oz

US tablespoon = 14.2 mL ; British tablespoon = 17.7 mL

Also see Translating cooking terms between US / UK / AU / CA / NZ .