To people who are familiar with both UK and US tinned food...

[sam_t]

...is a 14oz can of tomatoes the same size as a 400g can of tomatoes? In general, when US recipes give a measurement in oz for tinned food, is it fluid ounces or the dry sort?

I keep finding US recipes I want to try. I've discovered that one of my cup measures is unexpectedly a US cup rather than a UK cup, and I'm pretty sure I now understand the various ways of measuring butter (in sticks, for instance), but I'm still having a little transatlantic recipe trouble. Whose idea was it to have different sized pints?

Comments

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

.is a 14oz can of tomatoes the same size as a 400g can of tomatoes?

Yes for all practical purposes

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

I dunno if this will help or not.

[rosathome.livejournal.com]

Dunno, but US fluid ounces are different from UK ones anyway...

[serrana.livejournal.com]

Our standard can of tomatoes here is 14.5 fluid ounces, or 411 g.