I think that the BWMA has no opinion about it as the cup is hardly ever,
maybe even not used at all in Britain as a measuring unit. The differences
between British and American units make the creation of an FFU standard cup
impossible anyway. If the British have a cup it is surely 1/4 Imperial quart
(see messages from Jim and Joe below), and I am sure this would be the
BWMA's preference. In mainland Europe the cup is not used as a unit at all;
if we did, it would be 250 mL.
I do not know whether the following claim is true: The BWMA was set up in
the 19th century to oppose the Americanization of British units. This did
not happen and they turned their attention to the metric system when it
started knocking on the door.
British, Irish and mainland European recipes are based on units of mass,
American recipes are volumetric. And it seems that, from what I have read
below, Canada and Australian recipes follow the American example. ]
Han
Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
----- Original Message -----
From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 5:31 AM
Subject: [USMA:19461] Re: (no subject)
> 2002-04-15
>
> Oh come now! There can not be more than one true standard cup in FFU.
The BWMA would say this is metrickery! You might even get an award for
this.
>
> Maybe Han, who seems to have established contact with the BWMA. Han, what
would the BWMA say is the TRUE, STANDARD cup? The one that was used in the
garden of Eden. Can you find out the answer for us?
>
> John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, 2002-04-15 20:21
Subject: [USMA:19459] Re: (no subject)
> > James Freysinger sent me a private message:
> > >"Joseph B. Reid" wrote:
> >
>> The Canadian Metric Practice Guide lists the following cups:
Canadian 227 mL
U.S. 237 mL
UK 284 mL
These numbers arise from:
4 Canadian cups = 1 imperial quart
4 U,S. cups = 1 U.S. liquid quart
5 British cups = 1 imperial quart
In that case, shouldn't the Canadian cup be 25 % larger than the
British cup? Or are you saying there are two imperial quarts involved here?
Jim
Thanks, Jim, for the correction. I should have written
5 Canadian cups = 1 imperial quart
4 U,S. cups = 1 U.S. liquid quart
4 British cups = 1 imperial quart
Joseph B.Reid
> > 17 Glebe Road West
> > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
> >
> >
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