Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups?

• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I legit can’t tell:

  You guys DO realize that “cup” is the specific name of a measurement and not, like, telling us to go use whatever mug we have in the kitchen, right?

  The comments on this specific thread make me wonder

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  • HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I was actually not aware of that… Makes more sense now.

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• Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would guess use the ones that are sized like most other cups. Like standard mug sized. Although i think its all relative. If you use a certain cup to measure flour, use the same cup to measure sugar.

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• Siegfried@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think that an american cup holds something like 230 cm3. Thats a horribly small cup for me (mines range from 250 to 450). I tend to use the ones that have 250 cm3 capacity and thats my definition of cup… or i can always use half a metric pint instead.

  All this gibberish about units makes me feel like an idiot, so i will confess: i use a scale and metric cups. 250 cm3 water, or milk are roughly 250g

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