Whenever I look up a recipe on the net, most seem to have measurements in 'cups'. (A cup of butter, do you believe?) What realistic measurement does this convert to in grams or ounces?
2006-07-31 05:49:00 · 9 answers · asked by rumpuscat 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Tricky, as cups measure by volume rather than weight or size - so it varies for whatever ingredient you need.
If you're cooking a lot of American recipes, probably your best bet is to pick up a set of cups from a good cookshop (some Lakelands have them but best to find an independent one).
2006-07-31 09:44:03 · answer #1 · answered by DreamWeaver 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cup is 8 ounces. A typical stick of butter is 1/4 cup. A lb of butter is a cup of butter.
Also note that there is a difference between dry and wet measuring cups. Make sure you know what you are using for each respective ingredient.
A good source of consumer testing and instruction for home cooking is Cook's Magazine, which is published quarterly.
2006-07-31 12:54:55 · answer #2 · answered by odu83 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cup measures 8 ounces
2006-07-31 12:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by chickadee_ajm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cup is generally 8 ounces by VOLUME. (For meat it would be half of a pound)
Most butter packaging has lines to indicate where to cut to get 1/2 cup, 1 cup, etc. If not, put one cup of cold water into a two cup measuring cup. Add lumps of butter until the water line reaches 2 cups. Remove the water and you have one cup of butter.
2006-07-31 13:15:02 · answer #4 · answered by mama_bears_den 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't do baking but my mum always measured in cups and it didn't matter what cup as long as she used the same cup for the flour and sugar etc but I would have know idea how many of each to use follow the recipe, cup measuring does work.
2006-07-31 16:46:27 · answer #5 · answered by carlandrover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is 8oz or as demonstrated by a stick of butter 16 tablespoons.
Sorry I don't know the conversion into grams
2006-07-31 12:56:33 · answer #6 · answered by CuriousCat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it doesn`t matter about weights, if it says a cup for everything as long as you use the same size cup for everything it`ll be ok!
2006-07-31 13:09:15 · answer #7 · answered by English Rose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are the best sites to explore for the question.
2006-07-31 12:54:15 · answer #8 · answered by Confuzzled 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this website, they have a conversion tool.
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html
2006-07-31 12:53:34 · answer #9 · answered by scrappykins 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋