On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 08:41:16 -0800, Ophelia wrote
(in article > ):

>
> "Ann Pacl" > wrote in message
> ...
>> There are 8 ounces to 1 cup. Happy cooking.
>
> These cup measures confuse me. A cup of flour (for e.g) could not be the
> same as a cup of rice or cornflakes surely? How do you work out the
> different densities?

8 *fluid* ounces, not eight ounces by weight. A cup of flour doesn't
weigh the same as a cup of water or rice or cornflakes, but if you're
measuring it by the cup, you don't have to worry about the weight
density.

serene