Okay, so I needed to make a big batch of my famous dip for a party, and the recipe calls for a pint of sour cream. Problem is, I only had these smaller containers, and I wasn’t sure how many of those little guys equaled a pint. Time for some kitchen math!
Figuring Out the Ounces
First, I grabbed my phone and did a quick search. Turns out, a pint is a unit of volume, and ounces can measure volume or weight. This is where it gets a little tricky with sour cream because it’s not a liquid like water.
I learned that a pint is equal to 16 fluid ounces.
- 1 pint = 16 fluid ounces
So a pint is the same 16 fl oz. Awesome!
Checking the Container
Next, I checked the label on my small sour cream containers. Most of them are labeled by weight, in ounces (oz), not fluid ounces (fl oz). But since sour cream is, you know, creamy and not watery, the weight ounces are pretty much equivalent to fluid ounces in this case.
My small containers were 8 ounces each.
Doing the Math
Now, all I needed was some simple division:
- 16 fluid ounces (in a pint) / 8 ounces (in my container) = 2
So, I figured out that I needed two of my 8-ounce sour cream containers to equal one pint.
Made the dip, and it was a hit at the party! Problem solved, and everyone enjoyed it.
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