2006-10-25 01:38:32 · 12 answers · asked by Andrea P 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
It really depends on what you're measuring. A cup of marshmallows is going to weigh a whole lot less than a cup of tightly'packed brown sugar, for example.
Generally speaking, you should use the same cup for measuring all the ingredients for a recipe and that way you know you've got the proportions right.
Most of the larger supermarkets in the UK now sell measuring cups and they're not that expensive - I think mine were only a couple of quid, certainly less than a fiver. I got my set from Tescos, but I know I've seen them in Sainsburys and I believe Asda as well. If you're going to be doing a lot of cooking where the recipes call for cups, it really is worthwhile to get yourself a set, and then you're not messing around with trying to convert cups into weight all the time.
I did find this site http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/conversion_charts.htm which gives you conversion by type of ingredient, so if you are going to persevere with it, this looks like a good site to use.
2006-10-25 02:08:46 · answer #1 · answered by plainoldnanny 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A liquid measure of a cup of water is 1/4 litre
a dry measure is slightly more
There are 8 ounces in a cup
We have nested cups in sets of 4: 1 cup, 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 cup maybe you could purchase a set.
2006-10-25 08:42:00 · answer #2 · answered by marie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The little measuring cup that came with my food steamer shows that a cup (in American terms) is 200ml. This only applies to liquids, I know americans also measure out cups of flour and other solids which doesn't make sense because different solids have different weights, given a certain volume. I know that white bread flour roughly corresponds to 125 g per american cup measurement (needed to look this up to bake something once), but a cup of iron nails would obviously weigh much more. I have no idea why you use this system............
2006-10-25 08:52:57 · answer #3 · answered by Hughel B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How extraordinary! Americans measure things in a cup rather than weighing them? How big is the cup. My cups are all different sizes. How do you know which cup to use? Seriously. So the weight doesn't matter, it's the volume that you measure. Interesting.
2006-10-25 08:44:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is the best site I've ever found for measurement conversions. A cup is 8 ounces, but this is a liquid measurement...use this site depending on what you want to measure - flour, milk, sugar, water, rice, whatever...it's sooo easy!
http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/cooking
2006-10-25 11:42:09 · answer #5 · answered by crazylilwhitewoman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im english and i cook with american recipes all the time. as different ingredients weigh different amounts, there is no set conversion. the best thing to do would be to go to tesco and buy a set of measuring cups for £2.99. thats what i did, its so muchh less time consuming.
2006-10-25 09:39:44 · answer #6 · answered by paulamathers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's right on your measuring cup. Look and see.
2006-10-25 08:46:33 · answer #7 · answered by Barbara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what the American cup is... considering how overweight america is, an american cup is probably our equivilant of a gallon
2006-10-25 08:41:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One cup equals 240 ML
2006-10-25 09:22:34 · answer #9 · answered by Robert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have stadardized the cup to be 8oz
2006-10-25 08:46:38 · answer #10 · answered by pooterilgatto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋