How to Convert Dry Weight to Liquid Weight

Two calculations will tell you how many liquid gallons are in that peck of strawberries.

In the United States, liquid measurements are used for many dry goods common in baking and cooking, such as sugar, butter, flour and spices. Dry measurements may be used in some British recipes for these goods, and they are commonly used in the U.S. for fresh produce. Once a dry weight (i.e., pecks, bushels or cubic feet) is converted to dry pints, quarts or gallons, it can quickly be converted to the corresponding liquid measurement. Does this Spark an idea?

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Instructions

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  Convert your dry weight to dry pints, quarts or gallons before translating it into liquid weight. If the weight is in pecks, multiply by 16 for pints, by 8 for quarts and by 2 for gallons. If the weight is in bushels, multiply by 64 for pints, by 32 for quarts and by 8 for gallons. If the weight is in cubic feet, multiply by 51.428 for pints, by 25.714 for quarts or by 3.2143 for gallons. Choose pints, quarts or gallons depending on how much material you are measuring.
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  Multiply the result by 1.1636. If you had one dry pint, you have 1.1636 liquid pints. If you had one dry gallon, you have 1.1636 liquid gallons. If you had one dry quart, you have 1.1636 liquid quarts.
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  Convert to your chosen unit of liquid measurement. There are four quarts in a gallon, two pints in a quart, two cups in a pint, 16 fluid ounces in a pint, 32 tablespoons in a pint and 96 teaspoons in a pint.