Jim makes a good point.
I think Mark was probably thinking that NIST should redefine a cup as
an eighth of a liter.
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:01:18 -0500
From: James Frysinger <j...@metricmethods.com>
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Subject: [USMA:53135] Re: Measuring Cup
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
The liter is defined by the CGPM, not by NIST.
Jim
On 2013-08-05 12:34, Henschel Mark wrote:
I think we should ask NIST to redefine a litre as eight cups. Each one
would be slightly bigger than 30 mL, but the math to increase recipe
sizes would be a lot easier.
Mark
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Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013 12:01 am
Subject: [USMA:53131] Re: Measuring Cup
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Eight 240 mL cups should not be equal to two liters.
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> Everyone needs to know, especially if you prepare
> food with measuring cups, that if you use the USC side, that each USC
ounce is
> precisely 30 mL and the 8 ounce marking on the cup means 240 mL and
not 236 and
> some decimal dust millilitres.
> If you do conversions from ounces to millilitres
> in recipes, do not use 28 g or 29.5 mL. Use both 30 g and 30 mL as
the cup
> manufacturers are using the FDA and not the NIST definitions for cup
> dimensions.
> http://lynnescountrykitchen.net/glossary/utensils/measurecup.html
> A cup-shaped kitchen utensil,
> varying in size from 1/4 to 5 cup measures that are used to hold
specific
> amounts of both dry and liquid ingredients. Traditional small dry
measuring cup
> sizes are used for dry measures of 1/8, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 1, and 2-cup
sizes in
> U.S. measures or 30 ml, 60 ml, 80 ml, 120 ml, and 240 ml in metric.
The liquid
> measuring cups can range in sizes that measure from 1 teaspoon or 5
milliliters
> to 8 cups or 2 liters. The smallest cup measures 1 to 6 teaspoons in
U.S.
> measures or 5 to 30 milliliters (ml) in metric.
> Other links with the same 240 mL = 8 ounce
> relationship:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/57178175/25-mixing-measuring-cups-for-epoxy-resin
http://www.lighthouseproductionsinc.com/disposable-measuring-cup-graduated-8-ounce-240-cc/
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