Dear Chris and All, In Australia we are quite specific about cup sizes; the Australian standard cup is 250�millilitres.
This is handy because it means that we specify four cups to the litre. Unfortunately the fractional maths aren't so smooth -- so I cheat. Whenever I use (say) half a cup or a third of a cup, I think of a cup as 240�mL, then half a cup is 120�mL, and one third of a cup is 80�mL. The error is always less than 10�millilitres or two teaspoons (see below). My wife has two sets of plastic measures marked in 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, and 1 cup sizes. When I asked why she needed two sets, I was informed that, like her spoon measures, she needs two sets -- one for wet ingredients and one for dry ingredients -- so the flour doesn't get stuck to the honey, for example. By the way the Australia standard spoons are a teaspoon of 5�millilitres and a tablespoon of 20�millilitres. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia -- on 15/3/04 4:53 AM, Chris KEENAN at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't think my previous message got through. It was to say that cups have > never been a noemal way of measuring in the British kitchen, so I don't think > there is such a thing as a standard British cup. A google.co.uk search threw > up US cup references (e.g. see > http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/volume.htm and > http://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/talk_to_us/faq/american.htm) . However, if > you look at > http://www.virgintogo.co.uk/template.asp?PageID=26&MenuID=26 you can see a cup > defined as 250 ml, but I doubt if it's any sort of official measure. > > A useful site is http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/
