On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:38:29 GMT, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>"Michael Odom" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:41:16 GMT, "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?
>>>
>> 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
>
Huh?

A cup is comprised of eight ounces. Those are fluid ounces, a
measurement of volume. Volume is not weight. There are, however,
ounces that are measurements of weight. Twelve of them constitute a
pound. A pound of nails and a pound of feathers will comprise
different volumes as measured in fluid ounces, but both will weigh 16
ounces.


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