what the hell is a cup ?

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Does anyone know how to convert American cooking measures into some thing that makes some sort of sense in England . Specifically how much exactly is a cup in ounces ???...i'v already asked a couple of Americans and so far i'v been told to just use the same cup for everything ...this is fine until you have to work out proportions of other non cupped ingredients . It seems that there are no conversion tables that don't involve complicated maths ( all I want to do is a bit of baking not university bloody challenge !!)...so please if anyone can answer this in a way a simple English girl can understand...HELP MEEEEEEEE ..Thankyou : )

― morgana, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

acc. the NEW COMPLETE BOOK OF COOKERY, 4 cups of flour = 1 lb of flour, and a cup of (say) milk = 8 fl.oz

1 lb of castor sugar = 2 "good" cups
6 oz of moist brown sugar = 1 cup

what are you cooking?: it has some others, like biscuits crumbs and peanuts

― mark s, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A bell is... until it is struck.

― Brian MacDonald, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

1 *US* cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons = 8 fluid ounces = 235ml.

1 *British* cup = 10 fluid ounces = 284ml.

Best solution for dishing out solid stuff - buy a set of cheap scales and some measuring cups (1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4-size), and make allowances for the differences in US and Brit cup sizes.

― Michael Jones, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Thanks guys for the above...not sure about the bell thing..either very profound or damn silly..either way it don't help none with the cooking...as for the rest...at least now I can measure out flour , milk etc ...nice one boys xxx

― morgana, Sunday, 28 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Does this help? " 'If I ever see you again I'm going to kick you in the balls. You better be wearing a cup, motherfucker!'" Eddie Van Halen, quoted in David Lee Roth's 'Crazy From the Heat'

― dave q, Sunday, 28 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

not sure about the bell thing

Brian is being silly. ;-) A Bell is a Cup...Until It Is Struck is the title of an album by Wire.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 28 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

mea maxima culpa

― mike hanle y, Sunday, 28 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A size down from B cup har har.

― Tom, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd like to cup your chip in my loving hand TOm

― mike hanle y, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ooh, was that a proposition? WEB-PERVE!

― Dan Perry, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You're just jealous you didn't say that to Tom first. Tart.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two years pass...

(I now decree this the thread where everyone makes fun of Tom's contribution to this thread.)

― nabiscothingy, Thursday, 10 June 2004 03:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Are you just doing searches on Tom Ewing then tonight?

― Allyzay, Thursday, 10 June 2004 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Random threads, actually. But he deserves some sort of mockery for that abomination, no?

― nabiscothingy, Thursday, 10 June 2004 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 10 June 2004 05:40 (twenty-two years ago)

1 oz. = 30 ml or 30 cc
1 cup = 240 ml or 240 cc

For cooking purposes, round up to 250 ml or 250 cc and you're golden.

― Aimless (Aimless), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

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