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Old 22-06-2011, 04:52 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default OT English System vs Imperial System of Measure

In article ,
Nad R wrote:

Billy wrote:
In article ,
echinosum wrote:

I have stuck a label on my scales 1 cup = 225g, for
translation from US recipe books.


What do you usually measure on your scale, that a cup would equal half a
kilo (vol/mass).


And the brain farts just keep on coming ;O) Don't read what I write,
read what I mean, and I meant a pound, not a kilo (but then it's not
mass is it? :O( Rats! It would be volume divided by force [I see that a
pound is now also considered mass, but back in the day, mass was
measured by slugs, which brings us back to the garden.];O)

I saw that also, however a cup is a liquid measure and thought it may be
different than ours. Also 225g is less than one fourth a kilogram, not one
half.

Dry measure of flour can be different from product to product. For baking
measuring flour is best done by weight rather than by volume.

My other thought was they have A cup that weighs 225g

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