"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
Thank you
>