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What is a Can No. 2 in Ounces?

Henna — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:07:15 +0000

When using older recipes, you may come across can numbers rather than by ounces. Here’s a chart to help decide which size can you need to use, or approximate amount of food if using fresh.

Keep in mind, it’s just an approximate… you can fudge the amount a bit and still come out just fine – and no one will know. A good excuse to do some taste testing while you making your dish.

Can Size Number	Approximate Volume of Food	Approximate Weight of Food
No. 1 picnic	1 1/4 cups	10 1/2 to 12 ounces
No. 300	1 3/4 cups	14 to 16 ounces
No. 1 Tall or No. 303	2 cups	16 to 17 ounces
No. 2	2 1/2 cups	20 ounces
No. 2 1/2	3 1/2 cups	27 to 29 ounces
No. 3	4 cups	33 ounces
No. 3 cylinder	5 3/4 cups	46-51 ounces
No. 10	3 quarts	6 1/2 pounds to 7 pounds and 5 ounces

Dry Measurements

Henna — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:01:07 +0000

Dry measurements are not typically used in US recipes; dry measurements are used mainly for measuring fresh produce (e.g. berries are sold by the quart, apples by the bushel, or peck). Dry measure and liquid measure are not the same; Do not confuse the two.
	pint	quart	gallon	peck	bushel	cubic feet
pint	1	1/2	1/8	1/16	1/64	0.019445
quart	2	1	1/4	1/8	1/32	0.03889
gallon	8	4	1	1/2	1/8	0.15556
peck	16	8	2	1	1/4	0.31111
bushel	64	32	8	4	1	1.2445
cubic feet	51.428	25.714	6.4285	3.2143	0.80356	1

Common Recipe Equivalents

Henna — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:56:54 +0000

Some recipes need converted, this chart shows some common equivalents.

1 pinch	less than 1/8 teaspoon (dry)
1 dash	3 drops to 1/4 teaspoon (liquid)	1/4 teaspoon or less
3 teaspoons	1 tablespoon	1/2 ounce (liquid and dry)
2 tablespoons	1 ounce (liquid and dry)
4 tablespoons	2 ounces (liquid and dry)	1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons	1/3 cup
8 tablespoons	4 ounces	1/2 cup	1 stick butter
16 tablespoons	8 ounces	1 cup	1/2 pound
16 tablespoons	48 teaspoons
32 tablespoons	16 ounces	2 cups	1 pound
64 tablespoons	32 ounces	1 quart	2 pounds
1 cup	8 ounces (liquid)	1/2 pint
2 cups	16 ounces (liquid)	1 pint
4 cups	32 ounces (liquid)	2 pints	1 quart
16 cups	128 ounces (liquid)	4 quarts	1 gallon
1 quart	2 pints (dry)
8 quarts	1 peck (dry)
4 pecks	1 bushel (dry)
1 quart (liquid)	about 1 liter
juice of 1 lemon	2 to 3 tablespoons
juice of 1 orange	about 1/2 cup

More ingredient substitutions and equivalents.