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measurements; is it just me?
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:doh: I am soooo confused!!!!
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Just to make life even more confusing, i bought a set of cups in this country, and engraved on them is this information:
1 cup, 250ml, 9fl oz
1/2 cup, 125ml, 4fl oz
1/3 cup, 80ml, 3 fl oz
1/4 cup, 60ml, 2 fl oz
I do find them useful for some things, like measuring out rice, and I do use them for American recipes without altering the amounts because I think that this sort of measurement dates back to the times of my Gran and even my MIL, who, when you ask them for a recipe use a bit of this and a handful of that and bake it in a medium oven until it is done!
That is to say, I don't think that the sort of recipe that uses this sort of measurement is going to be any the worse for a bit of variation either way!0 -
Seakay wrote:Just to make life even more confusing, i bought a set of cups in this country, and engraved on them is this information:
1 cup, 250ml, 9fl oz
1/2 cup, 125ml, 4fl oz
1/3 cup, 80ml, 3 fl oz
1/4 cup, 60ml, 2 fl oz
I do find them useful for some things, like measuring out rice, and I do use them for American recipes without altering the amounts because I think that this sort of measurement dates back to the times of my Gran and even my MIL, who, when you ask them for a recipe use a bit of this and a handful of that and bake it in a medium oven until it is done!
That is to say, I don't think that the sort of recipe that uses this sort of measurement is going to be any the worse for a bit of variation either way!
This is because there are in fact "Metric Cups" Canadian Cups, Australian Cups NZ Cups et etc. Many are very similar but others differ enough to make or break a recipe.
It is doing my head in The quicker you fall behind, the longer you have to catch up...0 -
Cup measurements are for bras. Unless I am cooking a bra cake, I'm sticking with pounds and ounces, and in extremis, kilo/grams.Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we cannot eat money.0
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:rotfl: :rotfl:C1aire wrote:Cup measurements are for bras. Unless I am cooking a bra cake, I'm sticking with pounds and ounces, and in extremis, kilo/grams.0
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