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American cooks using British recipes, and vice versa, need to be careful with pints and fluid ounces. A US pint (16 US fluid ounces) is about 16·65 UK fluid ounces or 473 mL, while a UK pint is 20 UK fluid ounces (about 19·21 US fluid ounces or 568 mL): a UK pint is, therefore, about 20% larger than a US pint.
In the early 2000s some companies began selling measuring spoons that defined a dash as 1 ⁄ 8 teaspoon, a pinch as 1 ⁄ 16 teaspoon, and a smidgen as 1 ⁄ 32 teaspoon. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Based on these spoons, there are two smidgens in a pinch and two pinches in a dash.
A metric ounce is an approximation of the imperial ounce, US dry ounce, or US fluid ounce. These three customary units vary. However, the metric ounce is usually taken as 25 or 30 ml (0.88 or 1.06 imp fl oz; 0.85 or 1.01 US fl oz) when volume is being measured, or in grams when mass is being measured.