Boils small faceted glasses. Interesting facts about the Soviet faceted glass

Meal recipes, drug dosages and many similar things are flooded with values ​​expressed in seemingly familiar units of measurement, such as liters, grams, cubic millimeters and others. But not everyone, more precisely, the absolute majority, knows how these quantities are interconnected.

Therefore, many housewives, for example, those who are accustomed to using a measuring cup, experience certain difficulties if the recipe indicates the mass of products for cooking, or vice versa.

Math in everyday life - nothing complicated

Only seven units of measurement allow us to describe all the processes taking place in the universe. They form the international SI system, which was finally formed in 1960.

Probably not enough time has passed since then, but the metric measures adopted throughout the world as an international standard are still being replaced by inches, pounds, gallons and other archaic heresy, complicating an already difficult life.

So in our country, to this day, they use a liter as a measure of volume, despite the fact that this is an outdated value of French origin. Habit is a terrible force. The "survivability" of a liter is also explained by the fact that it is easily translated into SI, because 1000 liters of water correspond to its 1 cubic meter, and a meter is included in this system.

The ancient Greeks came up with the idea of ​​indicating multipliers by adding prefixes to the value. Those most commonly used in everyday life include "kilo" and "milli", although there are many others.

So, "milli" means division, and "kilo" means multiplication by a thousand. That is, a kilogram is a gram multiplied by a thousand (1000 grams), and, accordingly, a milligram is nothing more than one thousandth of a gram.

This approach is valid for absolutely any measures. It would not be a mistake to say, for example, a kiloliter (1000 l), but in practice another unit of decalitre has been adopted. The prefix "deca" means multiplying by 10. That is, a decaliter is a bucket, for example, of water or something else.

How many milliliters of water or milk are in a glass

The answer to this, at first sight, difficult question lies on the surface. To get it, you need to know the volume of this glass and elementary arithmetic (the ability to divide, multiply, add and subtract numbers).

By and large, such a statement of the question is at least incorrect. And water, and milk, and even gasoline, there will be the same number of milliliters in a glass. In accordance with this principle, well-known measuring cups are produced.

If you take 1 faceted glass, for example, then filled to the brim, it will contain 200 ml, at risk - 180 ml, and so on. Considering the taper of such a glass, 100 ml will take up a little more than half of it, and 50 ml about a quarter.

Thus, with a certain accuracy, quite sufficient for cooking, it is possible to form the required volumes with a standard container, for example, 300 or 500 ml.

In this case, there is no difference what liquid needs to be measured and what measuring capacity. It is only important to know the value of this capacity in milliliters.

A good housewife with great culinary experience “by eye” can get the required volume of product no worse than any device, using standard containers, not necessarily a glass.

And again elementary physics at home

The situation is more complicated when it is necessary to measure the mass of the product without having weights. Perhaps someone did not understand from the school physics course what density is. In fact, everything is simple.

Different substances occupying the same volume differ in mass. The easiest way is with water, because one liter of it weighs one kilogram. And vegetable oil, for example, is lighter than water, which means that its liter will weigh less. This means that 1 kg of vegetable oil will take up a volume exceeding 1 liter.

By the way, a liter is by no means only a quantity for measuring liquids, because no one forbids measuring the mass of bulk solids with standard containers. The following table lists the weights of products in grams most commonly measured using a 200 ml faceted beaker.

This table does not claim to be absolute, it summarizes only common substances measured with a faceted glass quite often. With a little googling, you can find such characteristics for other products and for other measuring containers, a teaspoon or bucket, for example.

Instead of a conclusion

It is possible, and even certain, to have an understanding of the density of substances as the ratio of their mass and volume, it is necessary. This will help in various everyday situations and increase the authority of the hostess in the eyes of her friends and, most importantly, her husband.

But the latter, probably, should ensure that there are small culinary scales in the kitchen, and even more so a measuring glass. The cost of these appliances will not greatly affect the family budget, but will greatly facilitate the process of cooking, by the way, not only him.

Not so long ago, the most famous attribute of the Soviet era, comrade Faceted Glass, celebrated its next anniversary. September 11, 1943 is considered his birthday, and he was released at the oldest glass factory in the city of Gus-Khrustalny, and became an integral part of the domestic catering.

Few people know that a faceted glass is recognized by experts as an unofficial cultural attribute of the USSR, as a symbol of something public, public, uniting. It is really difficult to argue with this, because common glasses could be found in soda machines, in canteens with compote and kefir, with tea and jelly in kindergartens and schools. Here are some facts about him.

1. The design of the Soviet faceted glass is attributed to the sculptor Vera Mukhina, who is the author of the monumental composition Worker and Collective Farm Girl. However, this is not quite true. She only improved his form. The first batch of glasses according to her drawings was released in 1943.

2. The appearance of the Soviet glass was due to scientific and technological progress. The faceted glass got its shape because it was ideal for dishwashers, invented not long before that: they could only wash dishes of a certain size. So his appearance is not an artist's fantasy, but a production necessity. The glass is solid, thick and minimalist.

3. By the way, the price of a glass was different, and it depended on the number of faces: glasses were produced with 10, 12, 14, 16 and even 20 faces. In the end, we settled on the most convenient option - with 16 edges. So, 10 faces (the very first glasses) cost 3 kopecks, 16 - 7 kopecks, and 20 faces 14 kopecks, respectively. Nevertheless, the capacity of the glass has always remained unchanged: 200 ml to the rim, 250 to the brim.

4. The faceted glass had a common noun - "Malenkovsky". It is connected with the Minister of Defense Malenkov and his order, according to which some categories of the military were supposed to have 200 grams of vodka for dinner. And those who did not drink vodka could get tobacco or sugar instead - in the volume of a glass. The order existed for a short time, but was remembered very well.

5. The classic expression "think for three" is also associated with a faceted glass. The fact is that a half-liter bottle of vodka is ideally divided into three glasses: if you pour it up to the glass rim, you get exactly 167 grams. This made it possible to share alcohol according to conscience.

6. In fact, faceted glass has been known much earlier - since the time of Peter the Great. It was brought to Peter as a gift as an unbreakable drinking vessel. The tsar appreciated the gift: during the sea rolling, the glass stood firmly on the table and really remained intact during the fall. The first glasses were produced at the same glass factory in Gus-Khrustalny.

7. The faceted glass is also recorded in the fine arts: in 1918, the famous Russian artist Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin painted "Morning Still Life", which flaunts the ancestor of the familiar Soviet glass.

This integral attribute of Soviet life was first made in 1943 at the oldest glass factory in Russia in the city of Gus-Khrustalny, exactly in the form in which we are accustomed to seeing it.

A classic of Soviet-era tableware, today a faceted glass is becoming a rarity. We offer you to get acquainted with interesting facts about this faceted tableware.


The Soviet faceted glass was created by the sculptor. At least, it is believed that the design for this glass was developed by the famous Soviet sculptor, the creator of the famous monument "Worker and Collective Farm Woman" Vera Mukhina. According to one legend, she created this "masterpiece" of glassware together with the author of "Black Square" Kazimir Malevich in besieged Leningrad in 1943.


The cost of a glass depended on the number of faces. Glasses with 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 facets were produced. There were also 17, but the issue with an odd number of faces is more complicated, so we settled on the most acceptable and convenient - with 16 faces. The first faceted glasses had 10 sides and cost 3 kopecks. Classic 16-sided - 7 kopecks, and if more corrugated, with 20 edges, then 14 kopecks. But the capacity of the glass remained unchanged: to the glass rim - 200 ml, to the brim - 250 ml.


The appearance of a faceted glass is due to scientific and technological progress. Such a shape and structure of the glass was dictated by production necessity, and not by the artist's imagination. Even before the war, Soviet engineers invented a miracle of technology - a dishwasher in which only dishes of a certain shape and size could be washed. It was such a glass that was very suitable for this unit, and besides, it was very durable due to the thickness and the special way the glass was made.
The well-known expression “figure out for three” is associated with the Soviet faceted glass. During the Khrushchev era, it was forbidden to sell vodka on tap, and very convenient bottles called "scoundrels" - 125 ml each and "chekushki" - 200 ml each were removed from sale. Now a half-liter bottle of vodka did not fit in 2 glasses, but was ideally divided into three - “in good conscience”. If you pour into a glass up to the glass rim, then exactly 167 grams of vodka enters, which is one third of a half-liter bottle.


The Moldavian historian calls the Soviet faceted glass as the reason for drunkenness in Moldavia. According to Veaceslav Stavila, until 1944, when the Soviet troops liberated Moldova from the fascist invaders, people in the country drank from small glasses of 50 milliliters. Soviet soldiers brought a faceted capacious glass, resistant to falling and durable. After that, the Moldovans began to drink more.


The people called the Soviet faceted glass "Malenkovsky". This is due to the Minister of Defense Georgy Malenkov, by order of which 200 g of vodka was allocated for certain categories of military personnel, which was given out at lunch. Those who did not drink were allowed to exchange their ration in the volume of a faceted glass for a tobacco ration or sugar. This rule did not last long, but was very remembered by many who served at that time.

In the 80s of the XX century, Soviet faceted glasses began to explode en masse. Rumors spread among the people about a new anti-alcohol campaign, about the intrigues of the capitalists, who encroached on the "holy" and chose the most successful object. But everything turned out to be much more prosaic. The plant was supplied with an imported line for the production of glasses and no longer took into account the exact manufacturing technology. As a result, the glasses began to crumble, burst at the seams, their bottoms fell off. One woman's table "exploded" laid for the holiday. This fact was noted in one of the issues of the satirical newsreel "Wick".

Soviet faceted glass was widely used in catering. This is a well known fact. But few people know that this fact is recognized by experts as an unofficial cultural sign of the Soviet era, as a symbol of something public, public, uniting. And indeed it is. Common faceted glasses were in vending machines with soda water, in canteens with compote and kefir, with tea and jelly in kindergartens and schools.


And on the railway they still serve tea in faceted Soviet-style glasses with a glass holder, which is surprisingly pleasant and cute.
The history of the famous faceted tableware continues.

When preparing almost any dish, we measure the amount of necessary ingredients in the ways we are used to, whether it is a glass, a cup or a spoon. And everything would be fine, but only glasses and cups are not the same for everyone, and in many recipes the weight of the desired product is indicated in grams.

In such cases, an indispensable thing is which indicates the number of milliliters for various kinds of liquids, and the weight in grams for dry products. Even if you have this useful kitchen appliance, it does not hurt to know the volume of dishes most often used in cooking.

5 ml of water is placed in a teaspoon, three times more, that is, 15 ml; familiar to everyone, which is also called "Stalinist" or "Soviet", is of two types - with a smooth rim and without it. A glass with a rim is considered a tea glass, since it was in it that the conductors on the trains carried tea around the car, the volume of this glass is 250 ml; the same glass, but without a rim - 200 ml.

It is important to remember that the volume of dishes is not always equal to the weight of the product. For approximate data, a table of measures and weights of products may be useful. In grams, many dry foods weigh much less than their volume in milliliters.

The tables below provide weight equivalent volumes in grams, breaking down foods into convenient subcategories.

Note: The table of measures and weights of products in grams is designed taking into account the filling of dishes as follows:

• spoon - with a small slide;
• glass - to the brim;
• jar - to the neck.

Bulk products

This type includes cereals, flour and some others. The table of bulk products offers the main measurement methods - a spoon and a glass, dividing them into several types, according to volume. For the convenience of preparing large portions, jars of half a liter and a liter were added.

Always read the recipe carefully - one cup of flour does not mean 200g of flour, even if your cup is slightly larger than 200ml. Remember that in the "Stalinist" tea glass, filled to the brim, there is only 160 g of flour.

Note: If you don’t have a traditional one at hand in your kitchen, you can replace it with a plastic one. A standard clear polypropylene disposable cup holds exactly 200 ml of water.

Spices and additives (ground)

Since few spices are needed in the preparation of most dishes, a teaspoon and a tablespoon become their main measures. For convenience, a standard volume of 10 ml was added. Measures of the weight of foods in spoons are not equivalent to their volume.

The weight of most spices and additives depends on the grinding and quality of the product. For example, coarsely ground coffee will weigh slightly more than finely ground coffee.

Note:

• A table of food measures and weights in grams does not guarantee an absolutely accurate weight, since the consistency and size of many products are not always the same.
• Very often, spices are measured in pinches, in one pinch about a quarter of a teaspoon.

Liquids

Liquids are almost always measured in milliliters, which makes cooking much easier, since it is enough to know the volume of dishes in which food is usually measured. In the case when prescription liquids are measured in grams, their weight is as close as possible to the volume.

solid foods

Note: The presented table of measures and weights of products in grams offers approximate data. The exact weight of the products depends on their size and type..

Viscous products

Consider the last variety of products.

Which of the housewives, "conjuring" in the kitchen, did not encounter the problem of measuring out certain grams or milliliters? Indeed, in most recipes, the proportions are given in them. Wishing to help our readers solve the dilemma with proportions in milliliters, we have devoted an article to finding out, how much is placed in a teaspoon and a tablespoon, a glass.

The main thing in the article

Basic kitchen measurements

Not every housewife can brag about the presence of electronic scales in the kitchen, but everyone can measure the desired proportion, the main thing is to use the basic kitchen “measures” and know how much is placed in them. Main in measuring proportions are considered:

• tea spoon;
• tablespoon;
• cup.

Below we will analyze how much and what is placed in these items.

How many milliliters are in one teaspoon?

It is generally accepted that in one teaspoon 5 ml. This is true, but it all depends on the consistency of the liquid that is poured into a teaspoon, because the volume of water and condensed milk in the same spoon will be different.

In order to get 5 ml in a teaspoon, you need to follow the following rules:

• 5 ml is a collected spoonful of liquid products to the brim (water, tea, vinegar);
• 5 ml are viscous liquids poured with a “cap” (cough syrup, sunflower oil, honey);
• 5 ml are viscous consistency scooped up with a slide (thick sour cream, tomato paste).

How many milliliters are in one tablespoon?

The standard tablespoon is 15 ml. But a tablespoon, like a teaspoon, does not meet the standard by 100% due to the difference in the consistency of the liquid, which can be:

• true (water, wine), in 1 tbsp - 18 ml;
• dense (syrup, cream), in 1 tbsp - 15 ml;
• thick (boiled condensed milk, sour cream), in 1 tablespoon with a slide - 22 ml.

It is also worth considering the fact that tablespoons come in different types. Therefore, before measuring products with a tablespoon, you need to measure it.

And it can be done easily. Surely every house has a measuring spoon from medicines, cough syrups, with a volume of 5 ml. Fill a tablespoon with it and calculate how much volume in milliliters your tablespoon has. In the absence of such a measure, an ordinary syringe will help solve the problem of measuring.

How many milliliters are in one faceted glass?

If earlier a faceted glass was a standard, today it is quite difficult to find such a “Soviet measure”. Modern manufacturers "save" and produce faceted glasses with a volume of 200 ml, while the standard "Soviet granchak" has 250 ml.

If everything is clear with liquid ingredients, then loose ones (cereals, flour, granulated sugar) are definitely not so easy to measure with a glass. Below we will consider how different products are measured with such a measure as a faceted glass.

The ratio of volumes in the table: how many teaspoons in a tablespoon and a glass

We offer an interesting table of measurements in pictures for a glass.

Video: how many milliliters in a spoon

How many ml of liquid are in a teaspoon, a tablespoon and a faceted glass?

Following this law, it is possible to measure all true liquids, which include: vinegar, wine, compote, tea.

And in order to measure the required amount of liquid with a glass in milliliters and liters, you can use the following table.

How many ml of honey, sour cream and other viscous liquids are in a teaspoon, tablespoon and faceted glass?

If every housewife can deal with true liquids, then what about viscous products, in which both the mass and volume are far from the standard of spoons and glasses? Very often in the preparation of desserts, sauces, salad dressings, marinades, sour cream, honey, tomato paste or condensed milk are used. And in order to measure them correctly, you need to know how many grams are in a certain measure (glass, spoon). The table below will help you calculate the right proportion.

How many ml of oil are in a teaspoon, a tablespoon and a faceted glass?

There is a huge selection of oils on the market today. The hostess can purchase mustard, linseed, olive, etc. But it is worth remembering that each of them has its own density, therefore, in the same measure, different oils differ in volume in ml.

How much flour is in a teaspoon, tablespoon and faceted glass?

Since flour is indicated in grams in most baking recipes, the hostess simply needs to know how much of this product is in a glass, teaspoon and tablespoon. For convenience, we present a table, thanks to which each housewife will be able to measure the flour correctly.

How much salt, sugar and other loose substances are in a teaspoon, tablespoon and faceted glass?

Salt is an ingredient that no dish can do without, because it is more often used in cooking than other bulk salts. Sugar is no less popular. Although both of these products have the same appearance, their volume and weight are different. Consider how many grams of bulk is placed in a glass, teaspoon and tablespoon.

It should be borne in mind that fine "Extra-class" salt is much lighter than large table salt. The same goes for sugar and powdered sugar.

How many cereals are in a teaspoon, tablespoon and faceted glass?

If you want to get a delicious crumbly porridge, you need to follow the proportion of the ratio of cereals: water.


The easiest way is to take a glass and measure the required proportion, but it happens that the recipe provides for the measurement of cereals in grams. How to do it? The table below will help.

Table of measures in milliliters and grams: video

Summing up, it should be noted that if you are not the owner of a kitchen scale, then you simply need to know how to weigh or measure using spoons and glasses. The auxiliary tables above will help you to determine the required mass and volume given in the recipe without any hassle. Use measuring charts in the kitchen and cook recipes easily.