"Nathalie Chiva" > ha scritto nel
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> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:09:01 +0200, "Pandora" >
> wrote:
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>>"jake" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>>> 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.
>

Ok! I understand this! The thing I don't understand is how is it possible,
with 1 cup of crust, cover a 9 inches baking pan ?!?
Pandora

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