On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:09:01 +0200, "Pandora" >
wrote:

>
>"jake" > ha scritto nel messaggio
.nl...
>> An American Cup is 250 ml. I suspect that would give you more than 75
>> grams, but I havent tested it.
>
>There is something that I don't understand with your Cups.
>This morning I have weighed 1 cup of water and it is really 250 ml.
>Then I have weighed again 1 Cup of crushed crackers and they corresponded to
>76-77 grams!
>Water is heavier!
>Now I wonder how do you act in this situation, considering you weigh
>everything in cups.

Well, that's exactly it. Americans dont *weigh*, they measure
*volume*. That's why conversions are so complicated, and that's why I
have a set of cups for American recipes.

Nathalie in Switzerland