Convert cups (us legal) to teaspoons (us) for cooking measurements.
Definition: A US legal cup is defined as exactly 240 milliliters.
History/origin: The legal cup exists mainly for US food labeling and regulatory consistency rather than traditional home cooking.
Current use: US legal cups appear on nutrition labels and in some official food packaging contexts.
Definition: The US teaspoon is a small recipe volume measure. In the US customary system, 1 tsp is approximately 4.93 mL.
History/origin: What began as a practical spoonful became a fixed cookbook measure so cooks could repeat small additions without relying on spoon shape.
Current use: Tsp is used for leaveners, extracts, seasonings, yeast, citrus juice, hot sauce, medicine-style kitchen doses, and other compact recipe additions.
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