I have bought a product. In the use instructions, it is said to add
3 EL Wasser und 3 EL Öl
Now, I did a little bit of search, and EL definitely is not short for Exaliter. How much is it then?
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7I'd LOVE to have to put 3 exaliters of water and oil into a meal...– glglglMay 18, 2016 at 13:15
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it's not a proper unit. it's the same nonsense as all imperial units.– DblMay 18, 2016 at 16:41
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@Dbl Imperial units can actually be transformed into metric ones by simple multiplication with constants. That put them above Esslöffel in forms of definition.– JanMay 26, 2016 at 9:23
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El stands for Esslöffel, meaning tablespoon. Unlike US volumetric measurements, it's not strictly standardized, but 15 ml per tablespoon is the usual amount.
For the sake of completeness:
- Tl / TL = Teelöffel, teaspoon, – 5 ml
- El / EL = Esslöffel, tablespoon – 15 ml
- Msp. = Messerspitze, tip of a knife – the (very vague) amount you pick up with the tip of a knife
- Pr. = Prise, pinch – what you pick between two or three fingertips
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115 ml sounds far too much to me for a liquid. Perhaps a gehäufter Eßlöffel of some powder is that much, but for water and oil, my tablespoons have room for perhaps 3 to 5 ml. I’m guessing the product from the question is something like Knorr Salatkrönung, and I heavily doubt one package of those is intended for 90 ml of liquid …– chirluMay 17, 2016 at 21:44
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3@chirlu, then you have particularly small tablespoons: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Küchenmaße#Besteck– StephieMay 17, 2016 at 21:47
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2In favour of the 15 ml interpretation, though: On the Salatkrönung packaging, it says “Inhalt: 10 g; ergibt 90 ml”.– chirluMay 18, 2016 at 3:37
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6@chirlu Typisch! Nicht mal die Loeffel sind was sie mal waren! ;)– user21173May 18, 2016 at 4:24
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3For the sake of complete completeness, you should add the difference between gehäuften and gestrichenen Ess-/Teelöffeln ;)– JanMay 26, 2016 at 9:25