You don't use lead in cooking measurements.
That is about 7.8 grams
Grams are a measure of weight, while a tablespoon is a measure of volume. The two measures are incompatible. For instance, a tablespoon of lead pellets will be much heavier than a tablespoon of marshmallow fluff.When trying to convert a measure of tablespoons (or any other volume measurement) to a weight be specific. When you go to your computer to calculate this enter something like this in the search engine "tablespoons of honey to grams". More often than not you will get an accurate answer.
A tablespoon is 15 ml of water. Most food is very similar weight.
A tablespoon is a unit of volume. It has no relationship to weight in a generic sense. If you knew the specific volume of the material being measured, as well as its temperature, you could be able to make a comparison. A tablespoon of lead weighs a lot more than a tablespoon of water. And a tablespoon of air is almost weightless.
For cooking purposes between 2 and 2.38 tablespoons are in 1 dry ounce.------------------It dependsWhat's the tablespoon holding? Butter or oregano? Sugar or salt? Molten lead or feathers? Dry ounces are a unit of mass (or weight) and a tablespoon is a unit of volume. Therefore it depends entirely on what you are measuring -- it depends on the density. A tablespoon of lead will be much heavier than a tablespoon of feathers (although a gram of lead and a gram of feather weigh exactly the same!). Similarly, a tablespoon of butter weighs a different number of dry ounces than a tablespoon of salt.See the Web Links for a handy automatic conversion calculator. Just enter the food item, the units you have, and the units you want... and presto!
Put the pot of honey on a set of scales and write the weight down. Take a Tablespoon of honey out. Re-weigh the pot of honey. calculate the weight of the spoonful of honye. Repeat several times, and there is your answer.
A tablespoon of honey is approximately 23 grams
That is approximately 45 grams of water
Tablespoon is a measure of volume. It has no direct relationship to weight. A tablespoon of mercury weighs much more than a tablespoon of water.
Look here: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_grams_are_in_a_tablespoonBrief run down of the answer there:Grams measure mass (or weight)Tablespoons measure volume.A tablespoon of feathers weighs less than a tablespoon of lead, but they take up the same amount of space.A gram of feathers weighs the same as a gram of lead, but they take up different amounts of space
It depends on what you're measuring.What's the tablespoon holding? Butter or oregano? Sugar or salt? Molten lead or feathers?Grams are a unit of mass (or weight) and a tablespoon is a unit of volume. Therefore it depends entirely on what you are measuring -- it depends on the density of the substance. A tablespoon of lead will be much heavier than a tablespoon of feathers (although a gram of lead and a gram of feathers weigh exactly the same!). Similarly, a tablespoon of butter weighs a different number of grams than a tablespoon of salt.See the Web Links for a handy automatic conversion calculator. Just enter the food item, the units you have, and the units you want... and presto!For instance (for US tablespoon):1 tablespoon of water weighs 14.79 grams1 tablespoon of table salt weighs 18.25 grams1 tablespoon of butter weighs 14.19 grams1 tablespoon of oil (canola or soy) weighs 13.62 grams1 tablespoon of sugar (granulated) weighs 12.5 grams1 tablespoon of sugar (brown) weighs 13.8 grams (packed)Some other useful conversions:16 tablespoons = 1 cup3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon28.35 grams = 1 dry ounce1 US tablespoon = 14.7867648 ml
Pounds is a weight. Tablespoon is volume. Do you understand the diffference or do we need to explain further