I'm looking for a metric and temperature converter (preferrably a free one). I've tried ConverterCE and MH Converter, neither of which do what I need.

Specifically, I need a converter that can convert international measurements. For example, I need something that can convert grams to cups. Most international recipes use grams as the measurement, but I need to know what that works out to in cups (or tablespoons) to make it in the US. Ideally, this converter would also convert celcius to farenhiete so that I know cooking temperatures as well. However, if no single program does both, two separate programs would be fine.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Find out the conversion ratios are from one of the many sites on the net and put together your own spreadsheet to do what you need.

I haven't actually tried this but I just noticed ConverterCE v1.8b on freewareppc.com. Looks like what you are looking for (plus more).

-Ike-

     

ikehiker-

Thanks, but ConverterCE is actually one of the ones that I've tried. It will convert grams to pounds or ounces, but not to cups or tablespoons, because it considers grams to be only a unit of weight, not of measurements. So, it doesn't work for recipes.

Oh, sorry (although technically, grams are a unit of mass, not weight )

-Ike-

     

The answer to your problem should lie here:
http://www.scottandmichelle.net/scott/cestuff.html

download the "conversion"
it should do what you need and is VERY easy to use.

Bulldog, aka Kevin

 

Thanks Bulldog.

There is no description of the program, so I can't test it until I get home tonight. I appreciate the input.

Sorry but grams is a unit of weight. Cups and tablespoons are units of volume. You can't convert weight, or mass, to volume unless you know the density of the solution (specific gravity for engineers and scientists).

Sounds like you have a professional cook book. Professionals use units of weight to measure out ingredients, not volume. For us amateurs it's easier to measure out in a cup rather than weigh something on a balance.

BrantNative,

Actually, the cook book that I'm referring to is an amateur cookbook, but it's in French. Therefore, everything is in grams. I understand your statement that you can't convert weight to volume unless you know the density, but it has worked for me in the past on three separate recipes. Since cooking is about approximations anyway, as long as you're "close enough" with the ingredients it's usually ok.

Do you know of any good recipe ppc programs or anything like that?

Magicmonger

I'm using Cal98 but I cannot find 'cups' unit...
BTW, I'm not quite expert but grams are NOT unit of weight.
Grams are units of mass. Newton is, for example, unit of weight.

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