MEow wrote:
>
> One of my cook books, translated from English to Danish, is using the
> unit "cups", which isn't a unit normally used in Denmark, and when it is
> - it can apperantly mean different things from 1,5 to 2,5 dl. If all of
> the measurements was in the unit, it wouldn't be a problem, as I could
> just stick to the same unit all of the time, but it doesn't.
>
> Quite frankly, I haven't got a cluse, as to how to find out what is meant
> by "cup" here. I don't expect anyone in here to have "A vegetarian cook
> book in six acts", so I can find out what the English version says, as I
> know how much one of those cups are, but if I post one of the recipes
> here, do you then think that maybe someone in here will have an idea as
> to how much it might be? I know - it's a shot in the dark, but it's the
> only idea I can come up with. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Nikitta

The usual measure for a cooking 'cup' is 2.5 dl, 250 ml.