Ophelia wrote:

> "Ahh ok.. so we are using fluid weights. Does that still work out as 8 ounces
> of cornflakes as opposed to rice? I would have thought that a cup of non
> fluids would be different?

Many North American recipes use volume measures for wet and dry ingredients,
though flesh is usually measured by weight. Since a recipe is just a list of
the proper proportion of each ingredient it doesn't really matter if some of
them are low density. I might point out that baking recipes calling for brown
sugar usually require that is be packed, because a loose cup of brown sugar
could obviously vary a lot on weight while a packed cup is going to be a more
consistent amount.