Question about US cans of food

[taxlady]

Shrinkflation is one of those places where US customary measure is useful to companies selling in Canada. Some things that used to be 1 litre are now 1 quart / 946 ml or 500 ml and are now 1 pint / 2 cups / 473 ml. I find that particularly sneaky with cream. They still sell cream in 1 litre containers, but it's been quite a while since I saw a 500 ml container. I think it's sneaky because, I'm sure I'm not the only person who would expect the smaller one to be half the size, since it looks like half the size.

 

[Kathleen]

I love those old recipes that read "1- No 2 can of beans." Fortunately, I found this chart.

For this discussion, perhaps the Food Guy can help?

 

[taxlady]

I love those old recipes that read "1- No 2 can of beans." Fortunately, I found this chart.

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For this discussion, perhaps the Food Guy can help?

Well, that chart gives the info I need to do a bunch of arithmetic (I don't mind arithmetic) to figure out about the beans. But, I don't think the Food Guy will be very helpful. From that page in the link,

Corn sold in a can is super easy to use, and you often don’t need too much to bulk up a meal or serve as a side. Because of this, the average size can of corn will measure between 8 to 15 ounces, which is around 1 cup of corn.

8 to 15 ounces, which is around 1 cup of corn is really not very helpful to me, even if it had been about beans.

Good thing I don't use canned ingredients, other than beans, very much at all.

 

[Kathleen]

Okay....I tried!

 

[taxlady]

Okay....I tried!

Yeah, I did a whole lot of internet searching, off and on over a couple of years with no better luck.

 

[caseydog]

Well, that chart gives the info I need to do a bunch of arithmetic (I don't mind arithmetic) to figure out about the beans. But, I don't think the Food Guy will be very helpful. From that page in the link,



8 to 15 ounces, which is around 1 cup of corn is really not very helpful to me, even if it had been about beans.

Good thing I don't use canned ingredients, other than beans, very much at all.

The best advice I can offer you is to only use recipes written in metric weights and measures.

CD

 

[mseaglecook]

I don't get too worked up about amounts if it is a recipe where cans of food are listed. I figure if the person is writing about cans they are usually Americans and if a recipe state 1 "tin" of something then I worry.
I know this sounds "can-ist" (not a real word) but if I read a recipe from a foreign country and it doesn't have real "USA Imperial Amounts" listed I move on. Most of the sites I visit have a US mode for their recipes.