Hi Pat, I think the problem is that the densities of loose ingredients like flour are not well defined. To calibrate my measurement, I weighed a nominal 236.6 ml cup of water and found it weighed 234 g. Not perfect, but close enough. Since I repeated the measurements and weighed different volumes of flour to check for errors, the measurements should be reliable. They are rounded off to the nearest 10 g.
In any case, here's what I got for nominal 236.6 ml cups: 120 g plain wheat flour 200 g granulated cane sugar 190 g uncooked white rice The differences can only partly be explained by the different cup definitions. Pat, you have a standing invitation to stop by my house in Los Angeles County so that we can repeat the experiment together to get to the bottom of this! John On Tuesday 03 February 2004 14:34, Pat Naughtin wrote: > When you refer to 80 grams of flour, you are referring to about 1/2 of a > 250 mL cup -- not 2/3. When my wife and I experimented with common cooking > ingredients we found that a 250 mL cup held about: > > 150 grams of plain white flour > 250 grams of white sugar > 230 grams of brown rice
