Frogleg > wrote in
:

> On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 19:53:37 GMT, Frogleg > wrote:
>
>>Now I'm going to have to go to the grocery store and weigh cartons of
>>butter, whipped butter, and butter-like-substance to prove my point.
>>I'll betcha, however, that the OP's "8 oz of whipped butter" refers to
>>volume/package size and not weight. Now if it were "8 oz of butter,
>>whipped" that'd be a different kettle of fish. Or butter. :-)
>
> I was wrong. I examined quite a few packages of butter, margarine,
> whipped butter, and butter-like-substance and they were all labeled
> "Xoz, net. weight." An 8oz tub of 'whipped' was larger than
> non-whipped, but the labeling *was* in weight, not volume.
>
> However, I stand by my position that *most* US recipe measurements
> mean volume.
>

Oh, sorry I didn't see your 2nd post before replying. Yes, I agree that
*most* US recipe measurements mean volume. However, in my collection
cookbooks they all seem to refer to "cups" of butter or shortening, which
certainly is volume. Of the few that give the measurement in ounces,
they do mean weight. I see this particular in baking recipes.

Wayne

Wayne