So, the other day I was following this recipe, and it kept mentioning “dl” for measurements. I’m like, “What the heck is a ‘dl’?” I’m used to cups, teaspoons, tablespoons, you know, the usual stuff. This “dl” thing threw me for a loop.
First, I grabbed my phone and did a quick search. Turns out, “dl” stands for deciliter. Okay, a deciliter… never heard of it. I needed to figure out how that relates to something I actually understand, like a cup.
My Conversion Journey
- I found out that 1 dl is equal to 100 milliliters.
- Then, a bit more digging, and I learned that 1 cup is about 240 milliliters.
So, I did some quick math in my head, it’s a little less than half a cup, somewhere around that ballpark, I guess it must be!
That’s how I figured out the following:
1 cup is roughly equal to 2.4 dl.
From there, I took a measuring cup, filled it with 1 cup of water and started to pour it into an empty glass,
while keeping in my mind that 1 cup is about 2.4 dl, so if I divide the water into two and a half parts,
the full parts are 1 dl.
Finally, I successfully measured 1 cup dl after a while, and it made it easy for me to deal with the recipe.
It wasn’t rocket science, but it definitely took a bit of figuring out at first. Now I know, and next time a recipe throws “dl” at me, I won’t even flinch!
