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Measuring spoons (metric) – 1 mL, 5 mL, 15 mL, 50 mL, 100 mL, 125 mL Measuring spoons (customary units). In recipes, quantities of ingredients may be specified by mass (commonly called weight), by volume, or by count.
A firkin is a unit of volume or mass used in several situations. Its etymology is likely to be from the Middle English ferdekyn, probably from the Middle Dutch diminutive of vierde 'fourth' (a firkin originally contained a quarter of a barrel). Firkin also describes a small wooden cask or tub for butter, lard, liquids, or fish. [1] [2]
This consolidates the butter into a solid mass and breaks up embedded pockets of buttermilk or water into tiny droplets. [citation needed] Commercial butter is about 80% butterfat and 15% water; traditionally-made butter may have as little as 65% fat and 30% water.
To make beurre monté, a very small quantity of water is boiled, i.e. 15–60 ml (1–4 tablespoons). Once water has come to a boil, the heat is turned down and cold butter is whisked into the water, one or two chunks at a time, adding more butter whenever the chunks have melted. Once the emulsion is started, more butter can be added at a time.
The Oxford English Dictionary has quotations illustrating other values of a "tub" as a unit: [3] Tea (1706): "about 60 pounds" "Camphire" (1706): "from 56 to 86 pounds"
This improper name persists, especially in elementary textbooks. In biology, the unit "%" is sometimes (incorrectly) used to denote mass concentration, also called mass/volume percentage. A solution with 1 g of solute dissolved in a final volume of 100 mL of solution would be labeled as "1%" or "1% m/v" (mass/volume). This is incorrect because ...
For example, in a recipe that calls for 10 pounds of flour and 5 pounds of water, the corresponding baker's percentages are 100% for the flour and 50% for the water. Because these percentages are stated with respect to the weight of flour rather than with respect to the weight of all ingredients, the sum of these percentages always exceeds 100%.
See Weight for detail of mass/weight distinction and conversion. Avoirdupois is a system of mass based on a pound of 16 ounces, while Troy weight is the system of mass where 12 troy ounces equals one troy pound. The symbol g 0 is used to denote standard gravity in order to avoid confusion with the (upright) g symbol for gram.