Yesterday, I posted a graphic from The Kitchn, that was designed as a way to help people remember how many cups are in a pint, how many pints are in a quart and how many quarts are in a gallon. Lots of readers responded to that post and several of them brought up a different graphic that they remembered from school that had helped them learn their measurements.
This one was called Mr. Gallon and used cups, pints, quarts and gallons in order to create the body of a slightly misshapen man. Reader John was helpful enough to find the image and posted the link in the comments section. After getting a look at him, I thought Mr. Gallon was useful enough to get his own post, and so here he is!
Anyone else have another good trick for remembering measures? What about one that addresses teaspoons, tablespoons and increments of a cup?
6-12-2008 @1:49PM meh said... we should all use metric measurements, so much easier
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6-12-2008 @3:14PM LeisureGuy said... I do not understand the emphasis on remembering something easily calculated. I think every schoolchild knows that the basic equivalences (2 cups = 1 pint, 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon). From that, it's trivial to get the number of cups per gallon (2 cups and 2 pints means 4 cups per quart, and 4 quarts per gallon means 16 cups per gallon).
Learn three other equivalences (8 fl. oz per cup, 3 tsp per Tbsp, and 4 Tbsp per 1/4 cup) and you can obtain pretty much any volume measure you want. For example, how many Tbsp per fl oz? Obviously, 1/4 cup is 2 oz, so 2 Tbsp = 1 fl. oz.
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6-12-2008 @3:40PM Jenny Cardone said... "I think every schoolchild knows the basic equivalencies"--little condescending, don't you think? Clearly, we DON'T all remember those basic equivalencies, otherwise Mr. Gallon would be out of a job.
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6-13-2008 @9:15PM blurdo said... Really??? I fail to understand the problem here. 2 cups = 1 pint. 2 pints = 1 quart. 4 quarts(hint - quarter) = 1 gallon. The math is simple. What is the problem?? (Tablespoons and teaspoons are an issue, but I can't explain that either.)
Sure, metric is simpler and better, but most people don't know it in the USA. (Of course, they don't seem to know the old way either, so why are they complaining???)
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6-13-2008 @11:54AM Numb said... The problem is simple - if you don't handle the unit often, it's pretty easy to forget which on is which. Hell, I have to really concentrate to remember whether a pint is larger or smaller than a quart - and I'm a pretty damn intelligent guy. I second the opinion that your post was full of condescension.
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