Everything i find says 8 Fl ounces - but what about dry???
2006-06-20 22:43:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
It depends on what you put into the cup. A dry cup is a unit of volume, but not of weight. If you're measuring a cup of marshmallows vs a cup of densely packed brown sugar, the brown sugar will weigh more than the marshmallows. So, you can't say that a dry cup of any ingredient weighs any particular amount. It varies by what you put into the cup and how dense that particular ingredient is.
2006-06-20 22:51:09 · answer #1 · answered by Jen 6 · 12⤊ 1⤋
Fluid ounces is for the liquids in the recipes. 1 cup is 8 Fl. oz. The dry good measurments will be listed in various spoon and cup sizes or just in ounce or pound weights.
2006-06-20 22:55:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, it's impossible to answer that question. There are 8 fluid oz. in a cup because any fluids you're going to cook with will have the same approximate density. Not so for any dry materials.
A cup is a unit of volume and an ounce is a unit of weight.
2006-06-20 22:48:03 · answer #3 · answered by Duckie68 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-20 22:46:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For cooking, a one cup measure is interchangable either wet or dry - so, don't think of fluid vs solid, and it's not weight (oz.) in this case as much as volume.
e.g., a cup of flour will weigh a different amount from a cup of ball bearings. It's still a cup.
2006-06-20 22:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by MillwoodsGal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference in measuring cups. There are dry and liquid measuring cups. The dry ones are the ones that come in sets.
2006-06-21 04:07:34 · answer #6 · answered by crystal lee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what dry item you are putting in the cup. Some things are denser than others, so the weight in ounces will vary accordingly.
2006-06-20 23:09:01 · answer #7 · answered by ilovela 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋