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Post by LucyQuipment on Feb 10, 2010 10:36:05 GMT
Does anyone know where I can buy a set of American cup measures?
I've done a search on the net, but can't find any that clearly say they are American measures.
And are there American spoon measures as well?
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Post by Glen B Ogle on Feb 10, 2010 13:34:01 GMT
Interesting question Lucy! A quick bit of research has thrown up American measure sizes and the typical British ones as... 1/4 cup US 59 ml GB 60ml 1/3 cup US 79 ml GB 80ml 1/2 cup US118 ml GB 125ml 1 cup US 237 ml GB 250ml Whether that's enough to make a difference is another matter! Volume measures of solids are notoriously inaccurate anyway. Teaspoons and tablespoons are the same however (well, to be pedantic a US tsp is 4.928ml not 5ml but in practice I think they use 5ml anyway now). Looking further though with the above information (I Googled Measuring Cup 240ml) I found the following... Clicky1and the 3-piece set on here... Clicky2Which are so close to the Americal measures as to make no real difference. Hope that helps! Glen
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Post by sarah on Feb 10, 2010 22:12:18 GMT
Cor Glen, they are a bit expensive - but dead posh! I,m sure we do the plastic ones where I work! (don't know where you live) Lucy, have you tried *Lakeland* (other online stores etc) I'm sure they are the sort of shop that would have some. Me being me, a cup is a cup, I'd just get asmallish one and work it out from there - but then I can follow a recipe to the letter and still kill it! x
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Post by tigerlily on Feb 11, 2010 0:00:36 GMT
I could find you some pretty easily - they sell them in the commissary, I'm sure. If not there then in the BX in Mannheim and it would be easy enough for the Hippy to drop in there one night on his way home and grab them.
Let me know!
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Post by LucyQuipment on Feb 12, 2010 1:18:11 GMT
Thanks Glen - I found the conversions but, being a non-mathematical type person (and lazy to boot) thought it'd be easier with the actual cups. For the first time I found out what a stick of butter was! The first clicky looked good, and I'll look into that further. BTW American "cup" measure of flour mustn't be packed down, but loose.... sooo complicated these things. (Maybe I'll just chuck my new American recipe book with yummy cakes and things away and not worry about all these complicated measures ;D. Better for the waistline as well!)
I looked at Lakeland, Sarah, but loads of sites sell cups, but don't confirm in the blurb if they're American or UK cups.
Thanks for the offer Tiger - are they pricey over there?
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Post by tigerlily on Feb 12, 2010 1:47:40 GMT
Not pricey at all, Luce. I have two sets, a plastic set and a metal set. (I'm not sure the plastic ones are US cups, but if you use the same set of measuring tools throughout a recipe it doesn't actually matter, if you see what I mean.)
I had no idea what the heck a stick of butter was until Christmas 2008 when I baked the cake and went to open the box of butter. I wondered why on earth the butter was in a cardboard box and not just a waxed paper wrapper - soon found out when I opened the box! Land o Lakes butter is very useful, too, as the sticks are marked out on the wrapper - tablespoon, quarter cup, third, half and so on.
I don't think measuring spoons are any different at all. They don't look to be at any rate, and I've a decent eye for things like that.
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Post by Slowan on Feb 13, 2010 10:24:39 GMT
Tigs is right Lucy if you use all UK measurements in the recipe it should be fine - like imperial and foreign, I still cook in imperial!
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Post by Slowan on Feb 13, 2010 11:15:58 GMT
Mrs Beeton says (after telling you how to greet Royalty and where to sit the Queen and the Bishop if they should drop in for tea) that "The American and Canadian Standard measuring cup has a capacity of 8 fluid ounces which is equal to the American half pint."
Tablespoon measures UK and US:
Sifted flour .................. 3 UK tbls - 1oz ............... 4 US tbls - 1oz
Granulated/castor ...... 2 UK tbls - 1 1/4oz .......... 2 US tbls - 1oz
Icing sugar .................. 3 UK tbls - 1oz ................ 4 US tbls - 1oz
Rice (whole) ................ 2 UK tbls - 1 1/4oz .......... 2 US tbls - 1oz
Cornflour ..................... 2 UK tbls - 1oz ................ 3 US tbls - 1oz
Syrup (warmed) .......... 1 UK tbls - 1oz ............... 1 US tbls - 3/4oz
All weights refer to level spoons.
Cups:
Sifted flour .............. 1 UK 5oz - 1 US 4 oz
Granulated/castor ... 1 UK 9oz - 1 US 8oz
Sifted Icing .............. 1 UK 5oz - 1 US 4 1/2oz
Margarine ................ 1 UK 9oz - 1 US 8oz
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Post by LucyQuipment on Feb 15, 2010 12:37:35 GMT
Thanks guys - I'll give it a go using the normal cups.... and if it goes wrong, I'll be a bad workman, blame my tools, and seek further assistance ;D ;D
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Post by rosemarytheherb on Feb 19, 2010 22:43:36 GMT
When you've finished Lucy, can I have a piece, pretty please. Rose xx
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Post by Mad Sapper on Feb 23, 2010 7:57:00 GMT
Tigs is right Lucy if you use all UK measurements in the recipe it should be fine - like imperial and foreign, I still cook in imperial! Absolutely, who would want to eat a metricated pound (other systems of measurement are available) cake? By the way, my Grandfather, who was a master baker in the last century, didn't weigh stuff, just got used to how the mix should look. Needless to say, it soesn't work for me.
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Post by LucyQuipment on Feb 23, 2010 12:33:14 GMT
When you've finished Lucy, can I have a piece, pretty please. Rose xx Brave girl!
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Post by tigerlily on Feb 23, 2010 17:02:24 GMT
I don't know if I'd bake without using exact measures, but I very rarely measure anything when I'm cooking unless I'm on a diet and want to be absolutely sure where things like oil or meat or pasta are concerned that I'm not using too much.
Although you do learn to recognise what a portion size should be, perception has a habit of changing over time until you find you're eating as much as you like rather than as much as you perhaps should, so it's always worthwhile going back to measuring for a bit until you get things straightened out once more.
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Post by LucyQuipment on Mar 1, 2010 16:05:53 GMT
The Magnolia Bajery recipe book has arrived.
The recipes sound gorgeous, but there are very few photos. Shame, because it's usually the photos that prompt me into making something.
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Post by LucyQuipment on Mar 1, 2010 16:08:02 GMT
And thanks to Slowan for the weight of a cup of butter.
What numpty first thought of measuring BUTTER by CUPS?
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Post by Slowan on Mar 11, 2010 21:27:06 GMT
Americans? ;D
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Post by madwomanintheattic on Aug 27, 2012 16:00:24 GMT
I spent the whole of last summer trying to convert cupcake measurement [for the Tyg] into imperial and went nearly insane. I tried many websites, including Mumsnet and I would just add that although Glen's meaurement are correct it's very hard to measure 79mls of anything unless you have a syringe [former nurse] Wilkinson's have a nice set of cup measures, reasonably priced and if that fails, I make fairy cakes instead [which are the same imho] x
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