and this is the real reason why we need scales.

Measuring Cups — Where Size Really Matters
http://www.ochef.com/1007.htm


Q. Being English, I have no idea how big an American cup is! Is
it closer in volume to my teacup or my coffee cup, or am I way out?


A. Now, now, don't blame yourself — some things can't be helped.
None of us can be held accountable for the place of our birth.

Your teacup is 25 percent smaller than our measuring cup (or 3/4
of our cup); your small coffee cup is only 1/3 of our measuring cup.
Your breakfast cup or simply "cup" is 20 percent larger than our
measuring cup (or 1-1/4 of our cups). Our measuring cup is meant to
hold 8 fluid ounces.

And while you might think we'd find common ground with the pint,
your pint (two cups) is 20 percent larger than our pint (two cups) —
20 ounces versus 16 ounces.

Your teaspoon and measuring tablespoon, by the way, are 50 percent
larger than our teaspoon and tablespoon. We're starting to feel
inadequate.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:35:00 -0700, sf > wrote:

>and this is the real reason why we need scales.
>
>Measuring Cups — Where Size Really Matters
>http://www.ochef.com/1007.htm
>
>
>Q. Being English, I have no idea how big an American cup is! Is
>it closer in volume to my teacup or my coffee cup, or am I way out?
>
>
>A. Now, now, don't blame yourself — some things can't be helped.
>None of us can be held accountable for the place of our birth.
>
> Your teacup is 25 percent smaller than our measuring cup (or 3/4
>of our cup); your small coffee cup is only 1/3 of our measuring cup.
>Your breakfast cup or simply "cup" is 20 percent larger than our
>measuring cup (or 1-1/4 of our cups). Our measuring cup is meant to
>hold 8 fluid ounces.
>
> And while you might think we'd find common ground with the pint,
>your pint (two cups) is 20 percent larger than our pint (two cups) —
>20 ounces versus 16 ounces.
>
> Your teaspoon and measuring tablespoon, by the way, are 50 percent
>larger than our teaspoon and tablespoon. We're starting to feel
>inadequate.


What a lotta crap... following recipes and measuring every little
thing is NOT cooking, no more than paint by numbers is art... those
with extensive cookbook/recipe collections are afflicted with terminal
TIAD but are yet to be diagnosed.

On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:29:19 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> What a lotta crap... following recipes and measuring every little
> thing is NOT cooking, no more than paint by numbers is art... those
> with extensive cookbook/recipe collections are afflicted with terminal
> TIAD but are yet to be diagnosed.

Tell that to the weighers.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

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