"David Scheidt" > wrote in message
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>
> When you pour a liquid into a clean container, it tends to climb up
> the walls (down, if you're measuring mercury). That film is the
> meniscus. If you don't account for it, you'll read the contents of
> cup as higher than they actually are. Water is easy to adjust for,
> since it's transparent. Milk, oils and the like are harder, as
> they're opaque.
>

So what, exactly, are you cooking that requires that level of accuracy???
Or are you just anal/compulsive?

Ms P