A Cup
High_Entropy
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What the hell is a "cup" ??
A cup of blueberries = how much in real measurements.
Can we ban the use of "a cup" and stick with the metric system please.
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Agreed. Cup size is for boobies!0
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What you don't drink your solid blueberries?
I think its 148g. Cups are silly but the official entry should list grams0 -
A "cup" is the unit of measurement on many food labels in the US.
Since the database entries are mostly done by members, many items will be represented by the volume measurements seen on the nutritional labels.
In addition, not everyone uses a food scale so cup measurements are more useful to them than weights.
You can either keep looking for a database item with metric measurements or make your own in My Foods.0 -
Yup what seska said. While used internationally, the site is based in the US and most users of it are American. So the site defaults to standard English units. A cup is a measure of volume. Google does a great job translating though, and if you look at the drop-down for blueberries, you'll see 1 cup of blueberries in metric in there (237 ml...nice round number huh?)0
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A cup is 236.5 cubic centimeters. A cup is 236.5 milliliters. Feel free to convert.
It would be more accurate in any case if you used units of weight instead of volume for solid foods. Look for entries listed in, say, ounces.
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Whitezombiegirl wrote: »Agreed. Cup size is for boobies!
To be fair, when I read the headline that is where I thought this thread was going.0 -
wolfehound33 wrote: »Whitezombiegirl wrote: »Agreed. Cup size is for boobies!
To be fair, when I read the headline that is where I thought this thread was going.
Same.0 -
Whitezombiegirl wrote: »Agreed. Cup size is for boobies!
I'm with you on this!
Why on earth would you measure blueberries in a cup? you buy them by weight - or at least last time I bought them they had 300g on the label not 2 cups.
Although just in case the sue of a cup as a measurement doesn't get banned I'm off to design some kitchen scales that shun the metric system and measures in cups.0 -
There are millions of people who use measuring cups and measuring spoons and do not own a food scale. I lost 100 lbs. by using only measuring cups and spoons and I was thankful that there are many food items in the MFP Food Database that have information for measuring cups and measuring spoons. I did not buy a food scale until I had reached my goal weight.
I was able to learn the size of portions, such as whole blueberries or even pureed blueberries for use in my fruit smoothies, by noting the Calories by volume for nearly all food items I ate. That information came in handy - and still does - when I ate outside of my home and did not have measuring cups, measuring spoons, or now a food scale with me, such as at restaurants and other people's homes.
There is an adage I learned a long time ago, "do not criticize a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes."
A customary cup in the US is 8 fluid ounces; a "legal" cup in the US is defined as 240 milliliters; other countries have different legal definitions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_(unit)0 -
I thought this was for bra sizes. LMFAO!0
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for those metric folks a cup is 250 ml. Some of us measure by volume.0
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Yup what seska said. While used internationally, the site is based in the US and most users of it are American. So the site defaults to standard English units. A cup is a measure of volume. Google does a great job translating though, and if you look at the drop-down for blueberries, you'll see 1 cup of blueberries in metric in there (237 ml...nice round number huh?)
A cup is not an English unit. It is an American unit. In England, the only things we put in cups are tea and boobies, but definitely not at the same time - OWWW!0 -
levitateme wrote: »wolfehound33 wrote: »Whitezombiegirl wrote: »Agreed. Cup size is for boobies!
To be fair, when I read the headline that is where I thought this thread was going.
Same.
Agreed.0 -
For those who use metric, but still drink their beer and lager in <ahem> PINTS, 1/2 pint = 1 cup
Want to get confused? 1 pint = 16 ounces. 1 pound = 16 ounces. But 1 pint =/= 1 pound.0 -
@one no, the so called "American" unites are standard English units. Just the United States is the only country who still uses it. The unit system is called "SI" or "Standard Imperial" or "English" for short because it was the standard unit of measurement used by the British Empire. Most the industrialized world changed over during the late 40s and early 50s because everyone's factories got blown up during WW2. When they rebuilt, they made metric ones. We never switched because it's expensive.
But no, cup/ounce/pound/mile/yard etc all english units0 -
@one no, the so called "American" unites are standard English units. Just the United States is the only country who still uses it. The unit system is called "SI" or "Standard Imperial" or "English" for short because it was the standard unit of measurement used by the British Empire. Most the industrialized world changed over during the late 40s and early 50s because everyone's factories got blown up during WW2. When they rebuilt, they made metric ones. We never switched because it's expensive.
But no, cup/ounce/pound/mile/yard etc all english units
The bold above is incorrect. SI is the French abbreviation for Système international d'unités (SI), which is the modern metric system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units0 -
You can always Google a conversion chart.0
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12inches = 1lbs, 14lbs =1 stone, 27 stone = 16 grooberbangers, 23 grooberbangers = 4 chains = 144 yards = 72 cups = Christ Almighty man !
The decimal system is so much better, 10's 100's or 1000's
I'd like to think 'muricans would use a google conversion chart when making a new entry and enter foods by weight, where calories are easily converted, not volume, how does an orange fit into a cup and have the same calorific value as a weight of orange ?0 -
A lot of the food entries have options for grams. Go by those I guess?0
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High_Entropy wrote: »
12inches = 1lbs, 14lbs =1 stone, 27 stone = 16 grooberbangers, 23 grooberbangers = 4 chains = 144 yards = 72 cups = Christ Almighty man !
The decimal system is so much better, 10's 100's or 1000's
I'd like to think 'muricans would use a google conversion chart when making a new entry and enter foods by weight, where calories are easily converted, not volume, how does an orange fit into a cup and have the same calorific value as a weight of orange ?
I really wish the US would get on board with the metric system. As a scientist, I'm already mostly there anyways. And yes, way more simple.0 -
Whitezombiegirl wrote: »Although just in case the sue of a cup as a measurement doesn't get banned I'm off to design some kitchen scales that shun the metric system and measures in cups.
You know that would be impossible, right? Different foods have different densities. A cup of bluberries would register a vastly different number on a scale than a cup of olive oil, as an example.0 -
For those who use metric, but still drink their beer and lager in <ahem> PINTS, 1/2 pint = 1 cup
Want to get confused? 1 pint = 16 ounces. 1 pound = 16 ounces. But 1 pint =/= 1 pound.
But "a pint is a pound the world around."
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*Disclaimer: in reality, that only works for water and things with the same density (specific gravity) as water.0 -
I prefer to use metric units but do find cup measurements for homemade dishes handy as best estimate particularly when I havent weighed my food or cant find a metric entry.0
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In the age of the internet, it's pretty easy to convert between different units of measure.0
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SoDamnHungry wrote: »A lot of the food entries have options for grams. Go by those I guess?
lol, if that were the case I'd not of posted this
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levitateme wrote: »wolfehound33 wrote: »Whitezombiegirl wrote: »Agreed. Cup size is for boobies!
To be fair, when I read the headline that is where I thought this thread was going.
Same.
me too0 -
U.S. measuring cups for solids
Also, most things also have entries for weight as well...usually grams or ounces, whatever your preference.0 -
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