On 4/29/2010 1:56 PM, Marcella Peek wrote:
> In >,
> "J. > wrote:
>
>> Just broke my 1 cup Fire-King measuring cup that I've have for so long I
>> don't remember when I got it. Was about to go out and get another one
>> when it occurred to me that I'm seeing all kinds of fancy measuring cups
>> in the stores--are any of them worthwhile improvements over the ordinary
>> Pyrex/Fire King/whatever glass ones?
>
> The markings finally wore off mine. I replaced them with a set of 1C,
> 2C and 4C ones from Oxo. I like them You can read the measurements
> from the side like the old glass ones and from the top while you are
> pouring. They are also marked on one side with cup measurements and on
> the other with ounces. Nice for lots of recipes I've been running into
> lately that use ounces for liquids.

I ended up getting an Oxo. The 1 cup Pyrex they had was the same size
as and had the same markings as the lower half of the 2 cup, so there
wasn't any advantage to getting it.