Sinnerviewer: Convert Metric For Me

Convert Metric For Me

Category: Gordon Ramsay , Metric , Risotto By Sinnerviewer

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I have a foodie crush on Gordon Ramsey. I love all of his shows (Hell's Kitchen, The F Word, Kitchen Nigtmares) and one of my favorite pastimes is to eat while I watch. I usually have food envy because he's making some awesome looking food and I'm eating a sliced apple with Jif peanut butter on the side.
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I was watching him make Crab Risotto the other day on The F Word. I thought, "I'm going to make that!" and went right to his website to get the recipe. I found the recipe but it's in metric and I have no idea how much of what to use. That got me to thinking, "There's another fine example of forcing us to learn something in school that we never use in adulthood unless we need to use a European recipe!"
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I thought about disguising it as math problems for my kids but they're already swamped with schoolwork. Then it dawned on me that I am sure to have at least 1 reader of my blog that lives for this shit. So here is the ingredient list. Anyone who cares to convert this for me is sure to be hailed as a hero so get out those calculators and go to town:
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250grams crab meat
100grams cold butter
350 grams risotto rice
200ML white wine
1.4 Litres veg. stock
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Thank you in advance, good people of the Earth.

6 comments so far.

Nulaanne October 8, 2009 8:47 PM

I won't do it for you I don't have the time but here is a converson chart. http://www.jsward.com/cooking/conversion.shtml
Mike Golch October 8, 2009 9:24 PM

I'm not any good at the conversion thing,sorry.
Kathleen October 9, 2009 10:28 AM

This one lets you punch in amounts and converts for you:
http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/blcalculator.htm

Or get yourself a scale that can measure in oz. and gm.

It's risotto, so don't worry about being too precise with the liquids; you're going to reduce them anyway.

I've used metric in adult life--average bottle of wine/booze = 750 ml, so Gordon's recipe is about 1/4 of the bottle. :-)
Kathleen October 9, 2009 10:31 AM

Here's the whole link:

http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/blcalculator.htm
greg October 9, 2009 10:56 AM

I was about to give you some numbers but I don't think I'd be quite as accurate as the links you were already given.

I love me some Gordon too! I hope the risotto comes out great. Btw, use an arborio rice for the risotto, it works the best.
Camlin October 9, 2009 12:52 PM

I was going to try and convert it, but I see you've already got a link. We use metric here, supposedly, but everyone uses Imperial measures for cooking.

Good luck with the risotto.

If I tried it, Ramsay would probably appear, scream a little bit and then ask for my jacket....