There are 2 types of measuring cups, dry and wet. Usually wet are glass or
plastic you can see through and you don't fill them right to the top but to
a line. Dry measure usually come in sets of 1/4 cup, 1/3 cup, 2/3 cup, 1/2
cup, 3/4 cup and 1 cup and you fill and level at the rim. This is how the
tupperware set of dry measure works.

"Ken'" > wrote in message
...
> Dee
> You have me confused, as I always thought that measuring cups measure in
> *FLUID* ounces and not in avoirdupois ounces. Fluid ounces and
avoirdupois
> ounces are not the same.
> I have never weighed a cup of water so I have no idea how much it would
> weigh in avoirdupois ounces. ( could someone that has a scale weigh a cup
of
> water? )
> However once you get your scale, you could always weigh a cup of water and
> see how many grams or ounces it is so you would not have to change the
scale
> back and forth.
> Ken'
>
> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Vox,
> > I forgot to complete my question regarding the conversion button under
the
> > scale. Since so many recipes will be, for example;
> > 2 cups water
> > 6-1/4 cups (860 grams) flour
> > 1 tablespoon (15 grams) salt
> > or any variation thereof.
> >
> > It would be logical to measure 2 cups of water in the oz. portion of the
> > scale, but one would want to measure the flour in grams. So does one go
> > back and forth between oz and grams when measuring, or you just have to
> > stick to one measurement throughout one's measurement.
> >
> > This is only an base example, but maybe I have made my question
> > understandable.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dee
> >
> >
> > "Vox Humana" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >
> > > "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Dear H.W.Hans,
> > > > I looked on line at the Soehnle Futura and it has the feature where
> you
> > > can
> > > > weigh the ingredients that you are adding to other ingredients.
Whapt
> > > > puzzles me is that it looks as if there is only one button to push
to
> > get
> > > > back to zero and add and also to work in two different weight
> systems.
> > > Is
> > > > it difficult to catch onto this feature?
> > > > Thanks so much.
> > > > Dee
> > > >
> > > My Soehnle Scale has a button on the bottom to shift from English to
> > metric.
> > > The button on the top operates as Hans has described.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>