2007-01-05 01:57:26 · 10 answers · asked by star 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Food is not weighed in cups, it is weighed in ounces and pounds. A cup is a measure of a volume. And yes...we are on the English Standard and not the SI.
2007-01-05 02:05:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 cup is about 235 ml... Cups is a measure of volume. In terms of grams (weight), 1 cup = ??? depends upon what you are weighing... for example 1cup of marshmallows weighs less than 1 cup of rice. For common ingredients... 1 C Sugar = 200 g 1 C All Purpose flour = 145 g
2016-05-23 05:47:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't weigh food in cups, we measure the amount that is there.
When I was a kid the schools tried to convert us to the metric system and it didn't work. We're too used to what we know.
But as a cook, I do weigh much of what I use in certain recipes. But since I am not very familiar with the metric system, I don't just inherently know certain measurements.
Personally, I don't see the big deal about it.....we're getting on just fine the way we all use and know now.
2007-01-05 02:05:12 · answer #3 · answered by ssssss 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its the american standard of units and measures. like grams in other countries. Rumor has it said we were going to change this system years ago but it never happened. It would be hard to change the american way of thinking and measures
2007-01-05 02:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by Richard K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans dont use the metric system, there have been talks back and forth for years about switching over to it, but we never do and i'm not sure we ever will, i guess it's just one more thing that the u.s. sees as being able to make us different from everyone else...
2007-01-05 02:06:06 · answer #5 · answered by mickeymouse_96 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason we drive on the right side of the road and speak English. It just happened that way. The metric system never went over well in the US because Americans are too stubborn to change. (I'm one of them, don't get me wrong!) Some places just do things differently. That doesn't make one place right and the other wrong- it just makes them different.
2007-01-05 02:05:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Good question! So unreliable... With grams, there's none of this "spoon method" or "sifting method" or just being lazy and scooping the flour with cup measure straight from this bag :) I mean, and how do you know what the original recipe creators used?
American professional chefs DO use weight. I hope it'll catch on for the rest of us soon!
2007-01-05 02:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by Cedar 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yep, it's the English standard we were brought up on. Remember, 16 ounces equals one pound. Now what country uses pounds for currency?
Metric is a far superior system. I'm surprised it has not yet been widely implemented.
2007-01-05 02:03:24 · answer #8 · answered by Thegustaffa 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
We haven't converted to the metric system.
2007-01-05 02:05:40 · answer #9 · answered by teacherhelper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Cause we're still stuck on the English standard. Some day we'll all go to metric... Some day.
2007-01-05 01:59:41 · answer #10 · answered by rusrus 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋