Review measurements

A US cup holds about 237 mL, but an Australian cup holds 250 mL. A tablespoon is 15 mL in most places and 20 mL in Australia. Most recipes don’t say which they mean, so Savorum keeps the measure as written and asks you.

Answer the questions after an import

When an import finds a cup, spoon, pint, or fluid ounce that could be more than one size, the import review shows Measurements to check.

1. Start with Read every measure as. If you know where the recipes come from, choose that country’s measures. This usually answers every question at once.
2. For anything left, each measure has its own question, such as “Read cup as”, with lines from the recipes it affects. Choose a size, or Keep as written.
3. Savorum shows what your answer will change. Choose Apply to use it, or Undo last answer if you change your mind.

Anything you don’t answer is imported as written. To find recipes with open questions later, open the import from Imports and choose Recipes that need a look.

When you type a recipe yourself

In the editor, choose whose measures the recipe uses under Measurements, next to the Ingredients heading, before you type the ingredients. It applies to lines you type or change after choosing it, not to ones already there.

If you leave it as Not specified, Savorum goes by the recipe’s language and the country it says it’s from. Unclear measures stay as written and are marked for you to check.

Undo an answer

To read an ingredient again, open its Details in the editor and choose Revert this interpretation. It goes back to the original wording, ready to review. To review a whole import again, import the same file or page again.

Good to know

• Measures that can only mean one thing, like grams, millilitres, or “2 metric teaspoons”, never need an answer.
• Your answer never overrides what the recipe says. “2 metric teaspoons” stays metric, even if you answer US for the rest.
• British imperial measures set fluid ounces and pints, but leave cups and spoons as questions.
• Some amounts can’t be read whatever the unit, like “½ 3/4 cup hot sauce”. Fix these by hand.
• Your preferences and your browser’s region only change how amounts are shown to you, never what a recipe means.

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