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June 9th, 2006, 09:22 AM
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June 9th, 2006, 09:26 AM
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I learned that one cup equals 8 oz., and an ounce is 28 grams. Soooo... *gets calculator out* - that's 228 grams, or more likely, 230 grams per cup. Sounds about right! 
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June 9th, 2006, 09:34 AM
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It actually depends on what you are weighing. One cup of liquid is 8 oz. I'm so being anal, but even the specific gravity of say heavy cream to water would be different. But take a cup of feathers and a cup of marbles and they are not by weight be the same, volume yes.
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June 9th, 2006, 09:40 AM
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Cups are a volume measure. Grams are a weight measure. I met some students from the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park last year and they said that assuming 8 ounces (a weight measure) is the same thing as 8 fluid ounces (a volume measure) is one of the biggest mistakes novice home cooks make. Every food has it's own grams per cup measurement. So 1 cup of broccoli isn't the same weight as 1 cup of lettuce. And they both do not weigh 8 ounces or 230 grams. For example, 1 cup of chopped broccoli is 91 grams, 1 cup of shredded Romaine/Cos lettuce is 47 grams. The USDA Nutrient Database (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/) gives their food values in grams with their corresponding volume (cups/spoons) measurements. If you choose to weigh your foods, the USDA website will be most helpful to you. 
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June 9th, 2006, 09:41 AM
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June 9th, 2006, 09:51 AM
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From what I understand the UK edition really screwed up the weight-volume measurements. They translated the 1 cup American as being a weight measure and the UK books recommended 230 grams, of the veggies. As you can see from the broccoli info I posted, 230 grams of broccoli could feed a you and two guests! And the amount of lettuce.......They'd have to call in "search and rescue" to find you in that mountain of greens!
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June 9th, 2006, 10:46 AM
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http://www.onlineconversion.com/ this is an excellent resource for converting literally anything (we use metric too but most stuff here also shows oz's which is a huge help). They even have a calculator to convert your age to dog years 
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very quick question 
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