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How big is a Cup?

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  • 23-08-2010 11:49am
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    GampDub
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    Hi,

    Alot of recipes I come across (particulary on American sites) mention using cup measurement, i.e 1 cup full of pasta rice/pasta.

    What I want to know is how much is a cup full, I have many cups at home all different sizes! Is there a standard cup size that should be used here???

    Thanks


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    FarmerGreen
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    The American cup is 8 floz.


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    kylith
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    8 fluid ounces in volume. You can now buy measuring cups easily, in Dublin at least. I used to hate it as a measuring system, but it's actually a lot handier than weighing things.


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    GampDub
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    Thanks a million guys! ;)


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    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    FarmerGreen wrote: »
    The American cup is 8 floz.

    Just remember that cups measure volume as opposed to weight.

    So while 1 cup of sugar may be equal to 100g, this doesn't mean that 100g of flour for example would be equal to 1 cup.


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    The Sweeper
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    If you don't have proper cups, as per the above, find a mug in your house that holds 8 fluid ounces of water. (Measure the 8 fl oz in a measuring jug, and then pour it into various things until you find something that the 8 fl oz pretty much comes to the brim of.)

    Then use that object for measuring everything as per your recipe - as you can imagine, the resulting weight of the cup packed with sugar will be very different to the weight of the cup holding pasta, for instance.


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    Mellor
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    Also, if the whole recipie is in cups, then it doesn't matter what you use, and its still in the same ratio
    (ignore things like pinch of salt)


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    rubadub
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    kylith wrote: »
    I used to hate it as a measuring system, but it's actually a lot handier than weighing things.
    You think? I despise volumetric measurement, it takes no account of compression, e.g. a cup of short grain rice weighs more than long grain. I prefer a digital scale with a tare/zero function. I think I hate it so much as I am so precise about things.
    FarmerGreen wrote: »
    The American cup is 8 floz.
    And that would be US fluid oz
    A fluid ounce (abbreviated fl oz, fl. oz. or oz. fl.) is a unit of volume equal to about 28 mL in the imperial system or 30 ml in the US system.
    the difference is only a small amount and would usually cancel itself out, e.g. if all were wrong it would result in a smaller amount in the right proportions.
    Mellor wrote: »
    Also, if the whole recipie is in cups, then it doesn't matter what you use, and its still in the same ratio
    The problem can come when they mix "cups" with ml. I have a hobby dominated by the US where measurements are vital (e.g. 2% off and it will might not work) and they are all over the place with their cups & crap, I have asked time and time again and nobody has a clue who much stuff should weigh, its quite bizarre.

    The one to watch for is a US gallon, on many bodybuilding sites they recommend a gallon of milk a day, so many non-US guys are probably drinking a litre too much.

    "Cups" vary around the world
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_%28unit%29


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