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?

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[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

ah. I understand. And that's a great question, I wish I could answer it.