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| 3414.1 | Feathers or Lead?? :-) | EMDS::PETERSON | | Mon Jan 13 1992 10:28 | 5 |
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Cups of what?? :-)
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| 3414.2 | | RANGER::CANNOY | Perpendicular to everything. | Mon Jan 13 1992 11:47 | 2 |
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A cup is a measure of volume, not weight.
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| 3414.3 | | LAVETA::LAVETA::CBUTTERWORTH | Give Me Wings... | Mon Jan 13 1992 11:56 | 4 |
| I would assume that .0 meant the conversion between cups (= 8 oz.) and
kilos (not that I know the conversion factor). :-)
How about it all you cooking gurus?
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| 3414.4 | weight vs. volume | CADSYS::HECTOR::RICHARDSON | | Mon Jan 13 1992 12:09 | 12 |
| A cup is 8 fluid ounces, not ounces of weight. So it depends on what
is being measured if you want to know how much a cup of it weighs.
Some European cookbooks give all measurements in weight. I don't
happen to own a kitchen scale, but even if I did a lot of ingredients
are kind of inherently messy to weigh rather than measure by volume in
a closed container (molasses, say). I believe one gram is supposed to
be the mass (assume weight here, for all practical purposes) of one
cubic centimeter of water at sea level - but I could be wrong. I
seldom measure ingredients anyhow unless it is chemically essential to
the result (ratio of leavening to flour, for example).
/Charlotte
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| 3414.5 | | NOVA::FISHER | Rdb/VMS Dinosaur | Mon Jan 13 1992 13:34 | 11 |
| The weights and measures rathole has been discussed before, one of
the discussions is in note 1454.
Even that note does not mention cups to Pounds or Kilos because
one is volume the other is weight. HOWEVER, and I'll accept the
slings and arrows for any innaccuracies forthcoming, 100 grams
of flour is about 1 [American or 8 American Ounce] cup. Your
mileage may vary, of course. I've never had to weigh anything
else.
ed
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