What actually is a 'cup'?
Roseisadreamer
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its forever on the serving sizes when i input my food but have no clue how much it actually means!
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One cup is 8 fluid ouces is approximately 236 ml.
Basically a unit of measurement for volume.0 -
it depends but i use the 8oz weighted. It depends on the package of the product you're consuming. If it says ml then they suck because volume measurements are for newbs.0
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Not sure if serious, but I'll bite...
Just grab a set of measuring cups from the store. You may or may not need it to portion out food, but you can definitely get a sense of how much food can fit in the single "1 cup" size. Good luck
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A protection device for the male nether regions!0
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I honestly clicked on this thinking it would be a guy posting talking about breast sizes. Guess you can tell where my mind lives...0
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It's what male jocks use to protect their privates, I thought we were clear on this.
Here's a picture for anybody still confused:0 -
A protection device for the male nether regions!
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Not sure if serious, but I'll bite...
Just grab a set of measuring cups from the store. You may or may not need it to portion out food, but you can definitely get a sense of how much food can fit in the single "1 cup" size. Good luck
Keep in mind, not everyone in the world uses a uniform measuring system.
Imperial, metric etc0 -
Being in the USA, the rule I use is: If it's liquid, I measure in cups/pints/quarts*. If it's not liquid, I weigh it.
* A cup = 8 fl. oz.
A pint = 16 fl. oz or 2 cups
A quart is 32 fl. oz. or 4 cups or 2 pints0 -
What is Google?0
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I was going to post a pic and description of a diva cup.... Nvm.
1 cup = 8 oz, 236ml (but it's rounded up to 250ml) for liquids
Use the measuring cups shown above for dry food, and a container that has ounces/ml measured out on the side for wet food.
You can also compare it to every day objects, for example, a cup of rice or mashed potatoes is about the size of a baseball.0 -
it depends but i use the 8oz weighted. It depends on the package of the product you're consuming. If it says ml then they suck because volume measurements are for newbs.
8 oz only applies to liquids.
I assume OP is not in the US. It's a measurement we use here. I don't know the equivalent of it elsewhere.0 -
I honestly clicked on this thinking it would be a guy posting talking about breast sizes. Guess you can tell where my mind lives...
Haha, I clicked on this thinking it would be a guy posting about sports cups. :P0 -
Urgh, goodness knows... that's all part of us being Brits, the measurement system completely bypasses us.0
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It doesn't really mean anything. It's 8 fluid ounces, but what you are eating is a solid, that's useless. It doesn't tell you if it's packed, how much air is there, etc. Weight is a much better measure for dry0
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I measure everything because "1 cup" for one person could be "1.25 or 0.9 cups" for another. No everyone measures right. Your best bet is to go by weight or liquidi oz.0
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I've always wondered the same too! lol
I see it alot in recipes too. I'm guessing its a term not used here in the uk much as I'd never heard it before. I have a set of measuring cups but they all have different mls on. I was thinking, cup? which cup? I have 5! lol0 -
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A cup is a liquid measure. It is exactly 250mL. I don't get the other amounts given at all. It is a metric measurement, 1/4 of a liter which is exactly 1000 mL, so one cup is 250mL.0
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a cup is what two girls, some fake duke, and a guy with a video camera used to make the best video ever \m/0
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A little trivia about the male cup. It was invented in 1873 to protect the jewels. The helmet to protect head/brain injuries wasn't invented for another 21 years.0
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According to Google: 8oz0
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it depends but i use the 8oz weighted. It depends on the package of the product you're consuming. If it says ml then they suck because volume measurements are for newbs.
Actually, no, not for newbs. A "cup" of water it the same as it's weight. 8 fl oz or 8 oz by weight. The same holds true for egg whites and clarified butter. It is a culinary term.
Fluid oz measure volume, regular oz measure weight.0 -
I was going to post a pic and description of a diva cup.... Nvm.
^^^that is where I was going too!0 -
Depends if there are two girls invovled?
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What fits in my hand comfortably.0
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its forever on the serving sizes when i input my food but have no clue how much it actually means!
I'm guessing you are not in the US. Most of the measurements in the database are done in US measurements. Here's a link to a conversion site you can use for more sane measurements:
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
Just click on volume for liquids or weight for dry measures. Then you can convert to ml, grams, or whatever you typically you use. FWIW, we are totally lost when something is measured in grams, too.
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FINALLY! *up high bro* \m/Depends if there are two girls invovled?
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A cup is a liquid measure. It is exactly 250mL. I don't get the other amounts given at all. It is a metric measurement, 1/4 of a liter which is exactly 1000 mL, so one cup is 250mL.
1 US cup = 236.588237 ml
A cup is not a metric measurement and in the US it is 1/4 of a Quart, not a litre.
1 US quart = 946.352946 ml0 -
FINALLY! *up high bro* \m/Depends if there are two girls invovled?
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hahaha Your welcome!0
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