"Michael Odom" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:41:16 GMT, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
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>>"Ann Pacl" > wrote in message
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>>> 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?
>>
> If the author of the recipe is any good, she/he will have allowed for
> the different densities of ingredients in the measurements in the
> first place.

Yes indeed I understand that. What I refer to is the statement that there
are 8 ounces to 1 cup. It doesn't state WHAT is. There have been many
responses saying something similar. There is nothing about the density of
ingredients