Ophelia wrote:
> "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?

So long as the *ratio relationships* are maintained it makes no
difference by what method one measures. Whether one chooses volume of
wieght is merely a matter of convention and/or convenience... so long
as one is consistant.