Anyone have an accurate number? I've found a bunch of figures, from 7
ounces,
<http://www.pastryitems.com/book_of_yields.htm>
<http://www.homemakingcottage.com/health/honey.html>
<http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/pages/c00093.asp>

8 ounces:
<http://www.ochef.com/91.htm>
<http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/kitchen/weights.htm>

up to 8-3/4 ounces
<http://www.consumerchef.com/conversion_chart.html>

I just discovered that the cup measure in the measuring cup set I bought
from Bed, Bath, Beyond a year or two ago (or was it Linens and Things?
The two stores are so much alike, I can't remember):
<http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=10163897>
seems to hold too little. One cup of sugar weighs less than 7 ounces
(about 6.5 or so, IIRC). I have an older one-cup measure that holds
about 7.5-8 ounces of sugar. Both cups are measured by overfilling them,
then using a flat blade to level it off.

If I fill the new cup (leveling off) and pour it into the older one, it
comes up well short of the lip.

This is the scale I'm using:
<http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=11242073>

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