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Old 09-08-2009, 09:42 AM   #7801
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A cup here in the USA is also 8 ounces by weight. We use two different types of measuring cups, one specifically designed for measuring dry ingredients and another specifically for liquid ingredients. Having said that, one of my favorite foodnetwork tv chefs (Alton Brown) suggests that we should always use a scale to weigh dry ingredients for better accuracy particularly when baking. Of course, he's more like the Science Guy of Cooking, hence the reason I like him.
Isn't he wonderful? Sometimes my eyes do glaze over....but he does like explaining why and how food cooks the way it does.......
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Old 09-08-2009, 09:46 AM   #7802
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A cup here in the USA is also 8 ounces by weight. We use two different types of measuring cups, one specifically designed for measuring dry ingredients and another specifically for liquid ingredients. Having said that, one of my favorite foodnetwork tv chefs (Alton Brown) suggests that we should always use a scale to weigh dry ingredients for better accuracy particularly when baking. Of course, he's more like the Science Guy of Cooking, hence the reason I like him.
Sounds like the exact opposite of my favourite TV-chef over here in Sweden, a guy called Per Morberg. He is actually an Actor that has worked as a chef before becoming "famous".

He practices cooking by brutal force and shooting from the hip more or less, but is hilarious to look at
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Old 09-08-2009, 10:12 AM   #7803
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Most American cookery books use volume measurements, and a cup is a standard size (8 fluid ounces).
British recipes generally measure by weight. Older books use imperial pounds and ounces; newer ones are metric. My scales will switch between metric and imperial at the touch of a button. And I've got a set of U.S. measuring cups.

The other thing to remember is that an American pint is 16 fluid ounces, while a British Imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces. (A litre is 35 fluid ounces.)
Then why not just say: 8 fluid ounces?!?!? (I thought ounces were meant for weight... hmm, fluid weight...)

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A cup here in the USA is also 8 ounces by weight. We use two different types of measuring cups, one specifically designed for measuring dry ingredients and another specifically for liquid ingredients. Having said that, one of my favorite foodnetwork tv chefs (Alton Brown) suggests that we should always use a scale to weigh dry ingredients for better accuracy particularly when baking. Of course, he's more like the Science Guy of Cooking, hence the reason I like him.
That's why we say: 5dl for fluids and 500g for dry stuff...

(naturally 5dl water = 500 g water...)


And Slite, even those slow Americans are finally going over to the metric system... In a generation of 10...
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Old 09-08-2009, 10:27 AM   #7804
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A cup here in the USA is also 8 ounces by weight. We use two different types of measuring cups, one specifically designed for measuring dry ingredients and another specifically for liquid ingredients. Having said that, one of my favorite foodnetwork tv chefs (Alton Brown) suggests that we should always use a scale to weigh dry ingredients for better accuracy particularly when baking. Of course, he's more like the Science Guy of Cooking, hence the reason I like him.
Technically, a cup of water weighs 8 ounces. A dry measure cup is the same volume that eight ounces of water occupies.
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Old 09-08-2009, 11:39 AM   #7805
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Old 09-08-2009, 11:46 AM   #7806
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Technically, a cup of water weighs 8 ounces. A dry measure cup is the same volume that eight ounces of water occupies.
At what temperature? And are we talking H2O or a deuterium-fortified variety? And is this the water's rest mass or are we zinging off to Alpha Centauri at warp speed? I'm just asking.
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Old 09-08-2009, 12:20 PM   #7807
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Old 09-08-2009, 02:02 PM   #7808
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And I thought I was early thinking about Christmas presents right now! (hey, not my fault, they already sell gingerbread in supermarkets!)
It's never too early to think about how to rick-roll someone!
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Old 09-08-2009, 02:21 PM   #7809
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That's mean! I clicked the link and it says no Germans allowed on this site. Evil copyright laws!
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Old 09-08-2009, 02:28 PM   #7810
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Does this work?
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Old 09-08-2009, 02:41 PM   #7811
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And I thought I was early thinking about Christmas presents right now! (hey, not my fault, they already sell gingerbread in supermarkets!)
really ??? already ???? sheesh, i'm still not over the end of summer !! i don't even want to think about christmas yet !
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Gah! Can't we just decide on one fricking system? Ounces here, decilitres there. Oh, wait, right... Queen Z, Montsnmags Enterprizes, world domination... never mind, won't be a problem for much longer!
yep !! we're working on it. we're planning a whole new system. so far the units are based on how much weight an unladen squirrel can carry, the length of adrian's tail, and the volume contained in one zany carter (that's a heisenbergian measurement since as we know the more zc you drink, the more you have left !) since this metric stuff is apparently far too complicated for some.
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At what temperature? And are we talking H2O or a deuterium-fortified variety? And is this the water's rest mass or are we zinging off to Alpha Centauri at warp speed? I'm just asking.
this is why we're leaving off such silly things as water and basing our new system on zany carters !

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A cup here in the USA is also 8 ounces by weight. We use two different types of measuring cups, one specifically designed for measuring dry ingredients and another specifically for liquid ingredients. Having said that, one of my favorite foodnetwork tv chefs (Alton Brown) suggests that we should always use a scale to weigh dry ingredients for better accuracy particularly when baking. Of course, he's more like the Science Guy of Cooking, hence the reason I like him.
i use weights for dry ingredients, in theory, but i cheat, since i have a measuring thingy which shows the volume of various weights of ingredients (with scales for rice, flour, sugar, etc. along with volumes for milk / water). although if i'm honest, most of my cooking uses purely approximative measurements.

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That's mean! I clicked the link and it says no Germans allowed on this site. Evil copyright laws!
ravenne, i think you are the first-ever person to complain about NOT being rick-rolled !
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Old 09-08-2009, 03:11 PM   #7812
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That's mean! I clicked the link and it says no Germans allowed on this site. Evil copyright laws!
Hmm, I could open it alright...

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ravenne, i think you are the first-ever person to complain about NOT being rick-rolled !
Hey, I liked this one, it was quiet!
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Leave home at 8am
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Gads. I'm turning into one of those committed types.

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Leave home at 8am
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Leave home at 7am
Get home at 11pm
Leave home at 7am...

Gads. I'm turning into one of those committed types.

ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!
Yo, pshwynkies! Bring the straight jacket outta the van. We gotta another committed one here.
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