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From: msb@sq.com (Mark Brader)
Subject: Re: Tablespoons (was: degrees Celsius)
Message-ID: <1997Feb14.210212.21881@sq.com>
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Ketil Albertsen:
> Then: Can anyone tell me how many cm3 is a "cup" - a term frequently
> encountered in American (and English?) recepie books?

US liquid measure:
	          1 fl.oz. = 29.57 cm3     fl.oz. means fluid ounce(s);
	1 cup  =  8 fl.oz. = 236.6 cm3     all metric equivalents are
	1 pint = 16 fl.oz. = 473.2 cm3     approximate in both systems

Imperial measure as used in Canada:
	          1 fl.oz. = 28.41 cm3
	1 cup  =  8 fl.oz. = 227.3 cm3
	1 pint = 20 fl.oz. = 568.3 cm3

In both systems 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon.  Also 4 gills =
1 pint.  I think gills are completely obsolete in the US as well as
among Canadians who prefer non-metric measure; I think that in Britain
things may be different.

A serving of coffee or other hot drinks is also often called a cup, but
is not necessarily any particular size.  If you asked, at a restaurant,
how large their cups of coffee were, the answer would normally be given in
either (fluid) ounces or metric units.  Or perhaps "Huh?"
-- 
Mark Brader                   "...out of the dark coffee-stained mugs of
msb@sq.com                     insane programmers throughout the world..."
SoftQuad Inc., Toronto                                        -- Liam Quin

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