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2. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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   Traditionally, when describing volumes, recipes commonly give measurements in breakfast cups (8 fluid ounces; named after a cup for drinking tea or coffee while eating breakfast), [29] [30] teacups (5 fluid ounces), [31] and coffee cups (2 1 ⁄ 2 fluid ounces; named after a small cup for after‑dinner coffee served to aid digestion). [32]

3. Why You Should Always Use a Scale When Measuring ... - AOL

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   Choose the right unit of measurement: "Many scales measure in ounces, pounds, and grams," notes Jardine. Check your recipe for the listed unit of measurement, then set your scale to match it.

4. Measuring cup - Wikipedia

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   The units may be milliliters or fractions of a liter, or the cup (unit, with varying definitions) with its fractions (typically 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, and 3/4), pints, and often fluid ounces. Dry measure cups are distinguished from liquid measure cups in that they are meant to be filled to the top so that excess may be scraped off and shallow for ...

5. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement ...

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   Wine was measured with units based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches (3.785 L), beer was measured with units based on an ale gallon of 282 cubic inches (4.621 L) and grain was measured with the Winchester measure with a gallon of approximately 268.8 cubic inches (one eighth of a Winchester bushel or 4.405 L). In 1824, these units were ...

6. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The cup was rarely used in practice, as historically most kitchens tended to be equipped with scales and ingredients were measured by weight, rather than volume. [14] A related measure, the gill (5 fluid ounces, or half an imperial cup), was commonly used in older cookbooks for liquids, and may still be used (in fractions of 1 ⁄ 4 , 1 ⁄ 5 ...

7. Fluid ounce - Wikipedia

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   The US fluid ounce is based on the US gallon, which in turn is based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches that was used in the United Kingdom prior to 1824. With the adoption of the international inch, the US fluid ounce became 1 ⁄ 128 gal × 231 in 3 /gal × (2.54 cm/in) 3 = 29.5735295625 mL exactly, or about 4% larger than the imperial unit.