[USMA:28824] Re: Kitchen measureing cups

[Chimpsarecute]

From Rowlett: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/     cup (c) a traditional unit of volume used in recipes in the United States. One cup equals 1/2 (liquid) pint, or 8 fluid ounces. Technically, one cup equals exactly 14.4375 cubic inches or approximately 236.6 milliliters, not that anyone measures quite so precisely in the kitchen. American cooks use the same size cup for measuring both liquid and dry substances. In Britain, cooks sometimes use a similar unit called the breakfast cup.   breakfast cup a unit of liquid volume, used in food recipes in Britain. The breakfast cup corresponds to the cup used by American cooks, except that it is based on British Imperial units. Thus it equals 1/2 Imperial pint. This is equivalent to 10 Imperial fluid ounces, 17.339 cubic inches, 1.20 U.S. cup, or about 284 milliliters. This unit is also called a tumblerful.       This is really confusing.  Someone from the UK using an American recipe would be using 20 % more product then was intended and if an American used a UK recipe they would use 20 % less product then intended.  I would guess if the difference is not noticeable in the outcome of what is being pre-pared then it shouldn't make a difference if people who cook filled the cup to the 250 mL mark and not the "cup" mark.       The two cups I have (made by Oven Basics) with both US and metric markings have the 250 mL mark 12 mm down from the rim and the 8 ounce/pint/1 cup line is 13 mm down.  The cups are 80 mm in diameter, but is wider at the top near the spout.   Most people I've seen cooking with cups fills the cup to the rim and pays very little attention to the actual markings.  Thus, they are filling it to more then 250 mL.   Is there anyone on this list who when measuring with cups is particular to filling it to the exact 1 cup mark.  If you do, why?   Euric     ----- Original Message ----- From: john mercer To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Friday, 2004-02-20 13:20 Subject: [USMA:28815] Kitchen measureing cups HelloI phoned 7 different stores this morning that sell kitchen measureing cups.  I asked them on the 1 cup measure did they have 250 ml's they all said yes.  I don't know how many ml's a U K 1 cup measure is.  I think it would be a good idea to have measureing cups a standard size around the world. Using the 250 ml for the 1 cup measure.  Especially now with so many recipies on the internet where they can be viewed around the world.