How many tablespoon are eight ounces of water?
8 fl.oz. = 16 Tbsp = 1 cup 8 oz. (weight) of water = 16 Tbsp = 1 cup However, this isn’t true for all ingredients. If a recipe calls for 4 oz. of flour, this does not mean half a cup. The 4 oz. refers to the weight of the flour not its volume. A cup of flour (8 fl. oz.) weighs about 4 oz. on a scale. This is due to density. Don’t forget, there are two types of ounces. “oz.” is a unit of weight. “fl. oz.” is a unit of volume. The two are not the same and are not interchangeable. Except in the case of water and other ingredients. “A pint is a pound the world around, for milk, eggs, butter and water”. In other words, a cup of these ingredients will weigh about 8 ounces on a scale. This isn’t true for other ingredients, like sugar or flour. For example, a cup of lead pellets and a cup of feathers both occupy 8 fl. oz. of volume. The lead will weigh a lot more than 8 ounces on a scale. The feathers will weigh a lot less than 8 ounces on a scale.
