So, the other day I was in the kitchen, trying to follow this new recipe, and it called for 60g of some liquid ingredient. I was like, “Okay, grams, I know that… but my measuring cups are all in milliliters!” Cue the minor kitchen crisis.
First, I grabbed my phone, ready to hit up Google. My initial thought was “there’s gotta be a simple conversion, right?” Like, isn’t a gram the same as a milliliter? Turns out, not so simple.
I started searching and found out that it all depends on something called “density”. Apparently, grams measure weight, and milliliters measure volume, and how they relate changes depending on how dense, how packed-together the stuff is.
The key, from what I read, was to get the density in “grams per milliliter” (g/mL). That makes sense – you’re basically figuring out how much a milliliter of the stuff weighs. I found this super basic formula:
milliliters = grams ÷ density
So, for my 60g mystery ingredient, I needed to figure out the item’s density. Luckily I figured out the recipe called for milk and I remembered the density for that.
- Find the Density:I check the density, my milk is about 1.03 g/mL.
- Do the Math:I divide those 60g by the 1.03 g/mL density. 60g ÷ 1.03 g/mL = about 58.25 mL.
- Measure it Out: I poured out about 58 mL of the liquid using my measuring stuff.
Steps I follow:
And, that was that, my conversion journey finished, I’m now ready to move on with my recipe!
