On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:51:39 -0700
"Pennyaline" > wrote:

> "LIMEYNO1" wrote:
> > 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.
>
> My first set of dry measure cups was from Tupperware ("Daffodil," in
> fact), and I don't remember having separate 2/3 and 3/4 cup units. No
> set I've had since has had them, either. 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 and 1 cup units
> are standard for these sets.


I grew up with one and then another set of Tupperware dry measuring
cups that came with the 2/3rd and 3/4ths cups. Currently using another
set of the same style, scavenged from thrift stores. Annoys me that
2/3rds isn't standard anymore. I always used it as much as the others.