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"Richard Bollar" wrote A cup is a unit of volume, not weight, so there’s some risk of getting a recipe wrong if you refer to it in grams (think of the weights of a cup of feathers vs. a cup of lead).  I would suggest 237mililiters, not

grams. Yes, it depends on what you put in the cup as to how much it weighs. I used to really curse US recipes because measuring by volume seemed very inaccurate but since getting DM I now search them out so I know how much Splenda to use. Regards, Julian — Julian Austin. Type 2/Type 1? confused, diagnosed Dec 2001 Gliclazide plus all of BNFs BP section

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A cup is a unit of volume, not weight, so there’s some risk of getting a recipe wrong if you refer to it in grams (think of the weights of a cup of feathers vs. a cup of lead).  I would suggest 237mililiters, not grams. — Will you sponsor me in the Tour de Cure? http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=1058&px=1626087

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Believe it to be around 230g – could anyone confirm that ? I see lots of U.S. recipes which naturally use their  measurements. What weight is in a cup?

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Believe it to be around 230g – could anyone confirm that ?

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I see lots of U.S. recipes which naturally use their  measurements. What weight is in a cup?

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I see lots of U.S. recipes which naturally use their  measurements. What weight is in a cup?

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30 ml to an ounce so, 240 ml….. the measuring cups with both showing have a very slight difference at the 250 ml line from the 1 cup line Sure enough, I messed up my conversion badly – think I was calculating a pint’s worth of mls there, not half a pint! Oh well..

teehee, Rob…. i purposely left out your message! easy enough to do….. i know i’ve done it myself (and yuck the recipe tasted funny) k

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30 ml to an ounce so, 240 ml….. the measuring cups with both showing have a very slight difference at the 250 ml line from the 1 cup line

Sure enough, I messed up my conversion badly – think I was calculating a pint’s worth of mls there, not half a pint! Oh well.. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I see lots of U.S. recipes which naturally use their  measurements. What weight is in a cup?

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I see lots of U.S. recipes which naturally use their  measurements. What weight is in a cup?

As others have already said, use a volume measure not a weight measure. I have a set of scoops, like oversized spoons, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 etc. cups, got them from Lakeland about twelve months ago. Also using scoops is much quicker than weighing every time. If you need to know the weight of say 1/2 a cup of porridge oats, weigh them once using the scoop and don’t bother again. BTW, a set of electronic digital kitchen scales is also much quicker and easier to manage than one with weights or spring loaded scale. — Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

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I see lots of U.S. recipes which naturally use their  measurements. What weight is in a cup?

It is important to note that in the US a PINT holds 16 fluid oz, whereas in the UK and Australia a pint is 20 fluid oz. In the UK a 16oz pint is an old unit of measurement, which should be borne in mind when translating historical recipes. The 20oz pint was formally, legally adopted in 1878. Because of this basic difference, quarts and gallons are proportionally smaller: a gallon is 8 pints wherever you are. Australians and Americans also measure by VOLUME rather than by weight. The usual standard measures are spoons and cups, but unfortunately they have standardised on different ones. There is no standard British tablespoon – it is assumed that any recipe where quantities need to be exact will be given by weight. As a general rule of thumb, 1 heaped tablespoon of flour is 1 oz in weight, as is 1 flat tablespoon of sugar. If you want to use a lot of US recipes, you can get standard US measuring sets, or find cups or spoons in your own kitchen which equal the measurements below. US volume (Fluid ounces) Teaspoon = Sixth Tablespoon = Half Quarter cup = 2 Half cup = 4 1 cup (16 Tablespoons) = 8 1 fluid pint = 16 1 fluid quart = 32 So 1lb of flour is about 4 cups, 1lb of granulated sugar is about 2 cups, 8 oz of butter is 2 cups. You may often see butter measurements given in sticks, or cubes, where a stick equals 4 oz or 1 cup. Hope that’s helpful. from frances dowd at CHEFF You don’t need to wash up until you’ve eaten fish

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30 ml to an ounce so, 240 ml….. the measuring cups with both showing have a very slight difference at the 250 ml line from the 1 cup line – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I see lots of U.S. recipes which naturally use their  measurements. What weight is in a cup?

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I believe a cup is half a US pint, so that’d be 8 fl oz. So that’d be approx 440 ml, unless I’ve mixed up my floz conversion. Cheers, Rob

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