What does cup mean on recipes?!
i found a nice recipe on internet but it says stuff like half cup of sugar 1 cup of butter ermm help!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
The best way to measure butter is to look at the size of the butter stick!. A 4 oz stick is half a cup and an 8 oz stick is 1 cup!. If you have partial sticks of butter then let them soften on the kitchen counter for 30 - 45 min!. and put them into a dry measuring cup!. This way, you can level the dry measure with a knife!.
A lot of people are confused about the terms "dry measure" and "liquid measure"!. A dry measure is a measuring cup that is flat on top so that it can be leveled!. It measures ingredients using volume, not weight!. A liquid measure has a spout on it!. A one cup liquid measure and a one cup dry measure have EQUAL volumes (8 fluid ounces)!.
A dry measure is a lot more ideal to measure stuff like flour!. Leveling it off is easier than trying to read a measurement on the side of a glass measuring cup!. Some people think that a liquid measure and a dry measure use different types of ounces or that they measure a "different" volume !. This is simply not true!. Dry measures use fluid ounces!. Ask any person who falsely answered this question how much more or less a dry measure measures!. They won't be able to tell you!.
Here is the deal with measuring stuff in the kitchen!. This is all any cook needs to know:
Recipes call for stuff to be measured using weight, volume, length, time, temperature and count!. None of these measuring forms are interchangeable!. You cannot convert weight to volume, or length into hours, or temperature into cups, etc!.
If a recipe calls for something to be measured in grams or oz, use a kitchen scale!. If it calls for fl!. oz, use a measuring cup or measuring spoons
Volume is the amount of space something occupies!. Weight is the mass or "heaviness" of an ingredient!.
The idiots who invented the English System gave the same unit name (ounces) to both volume and weight!. These two types of ounces are not the same and they are not interchangeable!. For example, a cup of lead pellets and a cup of feathers both occupy 8 fluid ounces of volume!. The lead pellets will weigh a lot more than the feathers, and yet, neither one will weigh 8 ounces on a scale!.
Here is a conversion chart:
Volume:
3 tsp = 1 Tbsp
2 Tbsp = 1 fl!. oz!.
8 fl!. oz = 1 cup
16 fl!. oz!. = 2 cups = 1 pint
32 fl!. oz!. = 4 cups = 1 quarts
128 fl!. oz!. = 4 quarts = 1 gallon
Weight:
16 oz = 1 pound
28!.34 grams = 1 oz (Don't forget: 2 cups DO NOT equal a pound)!.
There is an exception to this rule!. You should know this ryhme: "A pint is a pound the world around, for butter, eggs, milk and water"!. However, just remember that a pint of these ingredients weighs APPROXIMATELY 1 pound!. They do not weigh EXACTLY one pound!. This is because these ingredients have very similar densities!.
Grams are a unit of weight!. Cups are a unit of volume!. Trying to convert grams to cups would be the same as trying to convert hours into inches; it just won't work!.
Some cookbooks will have charts that list how much a cup of some ingredient weighs!. http://www!.gourmetsleuth!.com is a good website that has a program that does the same thing!. However, these are not exact conversions!. They are approximations based on the average weight of a given volume of ingredient!. This is because density changes and temperture has an effect on weight!. For example, a cup of flour may weigh more in the winter due to humidity!. A pint of water will vary in weight depending on the temperature of the water!.
These approximations are OK to use in small, home baked recipes!. I would not use these approximations for large-scale, restaurant or commercial recipes!. They aren't accurate enough!. Professional bakers weigh out all their ingredients, including water!. Weight is a much better and accurate method for measuring ingredients!.
Here is a partial list of gram to cup "conversions" (just so you can see the differences):
500 grams of mini marshmallows = 10 cups of mini marshmallows
500 grams of flour = 4 cups of flour
500 grams of sugar = 2!.5 cups of sugar
500 grams of butter = 2!.2 cups of butter
Do not blindly follow some websites "conversion" program!. Every good cook should know how different measuring forms and systems work!.
A good cook doesn't have to know the metric system, but it is a good idea to know a LITTLE about it!. It helps to remember these rules:
1) A kilogram is about 2!.2 pounds
2) A gram is about 1/30 of an ounce
3) A pound is about 450 grams
4) A liter is slightly more than a quart
5) A centimeter is slightly less than 1/2 inch
6) 0 C (32 F) is the freezing point of water
7) 100 C (212 F) is the boiling point of water
I hope this information was helpful!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A lot of people are confused about the terms "dry measure" and "liquid measure"!. A dry measure is a measuring cup that is flat on top so that it can be leveled!. It measures ingredients using volume, not weight!. A liquid measure has a spout on it!. A one cup liquid measure and a one cup dry measure have EQUAL volumes (8 fluid ounces)!.
A dry measure is a lot more ideal to measure stuff like flour!. Leveling it off is easier than trying to read a measurement on the side of a glass measuring cup!. Some people think that a liquid measure and a dry measure use different types of ounces or that they measure a "different" volume !. This is simply not true!. Dry measures use fluid ounces!. Ask any person who falsely answered this question how much more or less a dry measure measures!. They won't be able to tell you!.
Here is the deal with measuring stuff in the kitchen!. This is all any cook needs to know:
Recipes call for stuff to be measured using weight, volume, length, time, temperature and count!. None of these measuring forms are interchangeable!. You cannot convert weight to volume, or length into hours, or temperature into cups, etc!.
If a recipe calls for something to be measured in grams or oz, use a kitchen scale!. If it calls for fl!. oz, use a measuring cup or measuring spoons
Volume is the amount of space something occupies!. Weight is the mass or "heaviness" of an ingredient!.
The idiots who invented the English System gave the same unit name (ounces) to both volume and weight!. These two types of ounces are not the same and they are not interchangeable!. For example, a cup of lead pellets and a cup of feathers both occupy 8 fluid ounces of volume!. The lead pellets will weigh a lot more than the feathers, and yet, neither one will weigh 8 ounces on a scale!.
Here is a conversion chart:
Volume:
3 tsp = 1 Tbsp
2 Tbsp = 1 fl!. oz!.
8 fl!. oz = 1 cup
16 fl!. oz!. = 2 cups = 1 pint
32 fl!. oz!. = 4 cups = 1 quarts
128 fl!. oz!. = 4 quarts = 1 gallon
Weight:
16 oz = 1 pound
28!.34 grams = 1 oz (Don't forget: 2 cups DO NOT equal a pound)!.
There is an exception to this rule!. You should know this ryhme: "A pint is a pound the world around, for butter, eggs, milk and water"!. However, just remember that a pint of these ingredients weighs APPROXIMATELY 1 pound!. They do not weigh EXACTLY one pound!. This is because these ingredients have very similar densities!.
Grams are a unit of weight!. Cups are a unit of volume!. Trying to convert grams to cups would be the same as trying to convert hours into inches; it just won't work!.
Some cookbooks will have charts that list how much a cup of some ingredient weighs!. http://www!.gourmetsleuth!.com is a good website that has a program that does the same thing!. However, these are not exact conversions!. They are approximations based on the average weight of a given volume of ingredient!. This is because density changes and temperture has an effect on weight!. For example, a cup of flour may weigh more in the winter due to humidity!. A pint of water will vary in weight depending on the temperature of the water!.
These approximations are OK to use in small, home baked recipes!. I would not use these approximations for large-scale, restaurant or commercial recipes!. They aren't accurate enough!. Professional bakers weigh out all their ingredients, including water!. Weight is a much better and accurate method for measuring ingredients!.
Here is a partial list of gram to cup "conversions" (just so you can see the differences):
500 grams of mini marshmallows = 10 cups of mini marshmallows
500 grams of flour = 4 cups of flour
500 grams of sugar = 2!.5 cups of sugar
500 grams of butter = 2!.2 cups of butter
Do not blindly follow some websites "conversion" program!. Every good cook should know how different measuring forms and systems work!.
A good cook doesn't have to know the metric system, but it is a good idea to know a LITTLE about it!. It helps to remember these rules:
1) A kilogram is about 2!.2 pounds
2) A gram is about 1/30 of an ounce
3) A pound is about 450 grams
4) A liter is slightly more than a quart
5) A centimeter is slightly less than 1/2 inch
6) 0 C (32 F) is the freezing point of water
7) 100 C (212 F) is the boiling point of water
I hope this information was helpful!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
a cup is a form of measurment, 1 stick of butter is a cup im pretty sure, and a cup of suger means getting a DRY measureing cup and filling it to the rim, YES there is a dry measuring cup and a liquid one too, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME MEASUREMENTS!!! a liquid one has the spout on one side of teh top, the dry one has just a holder on one side, Www@FoodAQ@Com
A "cup" isn't just any teacup or bra size---it is a specific measurement and is different for liquid measurement than it is for dry measurements!.
You can find a set of measuring cups in any grocery or dime store!. Select a glass graduated cup to measure liquid ingredients!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
You can find a set of measuring cups in any grocery or dime store!. Select a glass graduated cup to measure liquid ingredients!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Cups tend to be used in American recipes!. They are a measure of volume not weight so you will need to measure out into a measuring jug!. If you look around you might be able to find a jug with cups measured onto it but if not you need to work on the basis that 1 cup is equal to 240 ml!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
1 cup = 8 oz so 1/2 cup would = 4 oz!. They are referring to the measuring cups- but beware the difference between liquid and dry- dry measure would be those small cups you see in different sizes- liquid would be the clear larger cups that hold more than the measurement line!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A cup is 250 ml, so half a cup is 125 ml!.
Edit: check www!.recipezaar!.com for conversions!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Edit: check www!.recipezaar!.com for conversions!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
According to Gordon Ramsay last night on his new cookalong programme 1 cup=8oz!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
and for butter, you would just weigh it!. The recipe should have how much butter you need!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
It refers to one measuring cup!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Or it means, one cup=8 ounces and 1/2 cup=4 ounces!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
just fill a cup, a coffee cup is fineWww@FoodAQ@Com
cup is like 16 oz of fluid or 16 dry ounces !.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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