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Did you know that there are different “cup” measurements?!?
May 26th, 2007
Tonight I may or may not have put too much water in with the quinoa. I brought my american measuring cups into our marriage and jim has his Canadian ones. Measuring cups are the kind of thing you need more than one set of, I think, because you measure out one thing for a recipe, and then they want you to add the same amount of something else. Of course you can usually just recycle the cup, or wash it if you don’t want cross-contamination, but I like to break out a new one so my cooking/baking momentum is not lost.
While we we’re eating, Jim asks, “Why does the quinoa look different?”
Only now do I see that both cups are labeled “1 cup” but that they clearly hold different amounts.
Seriously.
From http://www.answers.com/topic/volume:
- cup = 8 U.S. fluid ounces or ½ U.S. liquid pint (about 237 mL)
- cup = 8 Imperial fluid ounces or ½ fluid pint (about 227 mL) (Canada)
- cup = 250 mL (metric)
One Response to “Did you know that there are different “cup” measurements?!?”
That is just too funny.