In a message dated 4/10/2002 8:59:48 PM Central Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:


> I'm familiar with both metric and imperial, but I know exactly how you feel.
> I haven't a clue what some of the american measurements are. When a recipe 
> calls for a stick of butter or a cup(!) of butter I am well and truly 
> stumped.
> 

Four ounces, and eight fluid ounces, respectively. As noted elsewhere, the US 
pint is 16 fluid ounces. "One cup" is half of that.

ERNR
(Familiar with both metric and US measures, but not in the same contexts.)

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