On 4/29/2010 4:08 PM, graham wrote:
> "Dave > wrote in message
> om...
>> Lou Decruss wrote:
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>>>> I like the sets of nesting stainless measuring cups. They makes it so
>>>> much easier to measure quarters, thirds, half cups etc. I also like to
>>>> use my 2 cup Pryrex for larger amounts, especially liquids because there
>>>> is room to add other things, like wet ingredients where an egg and/or
>>>> oil is required.
>>>
>>> I was under the impression the pyrex was only for wet measures and for
>>> dry you needed plastic or SS. Was I mis-informed?
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>> I was certainly never under that impression. My mother always used Pyrex
>> measuring cups. She had them in 1,2 and 3<4?> cup sizes. A cup is a cup
>> and when baking it is important to have accurate measurements. That is
>> easier to do with liquids than with dry ingredients when using a large cup
>> . It is hard enough to measure one cup of flour in a measuring cup when
>> the 1 cup line is below the top of the cup. My biggest problem is when you
>> have to measure a fraction of a cup of packed brown sugar. That is where
>> the nesting stainless cups are especially handy.
>>
> But with scales, one never has these problems.
> As for Pyrex measuring jugs, they must be the poorest pourers in the
> business and after a few years will frost over if they are put in the
> dishwasher.

That's water hardness that causes the "etching".
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