Because the measuring cup starts out at 100 ml.. that's not a 1/3 of a cup.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know that this is a VERY un-American suggestion, but why not convert 1/3 > cup to milliliters and use the *other* side of the measuring cup? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:40 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: ya gotta love Google > > > So I'm working from home and hit a stopping point, thought I'd prep dinner > (start the chicken marinating). Anyways the recipe calls for 1/3 cup > teriyaki sauce. My pyrex measuring cup doesn't have a 1/3 marker (has 1/4, > 1/2, and 2/3 but not 1/3). I knew that you could go to google and type in > (tablespoons in a cup) and it'll tell you how many tablespoons are in a cup. > So for S&G I tried "tablespoons in a cup / 3" and bam! it works! 5.3. I > ended up eyeballing it because I'm not about to measure 5 tablespoons plus a > 1/3 of another but still the idea that it works is awesome! > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
