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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by 369548684892826 on Friday June 23, 2023 @03:15AM (#36443805)
The other one that threw me is how am I supposed to measure 1/8th cup of butter?
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by drdrey on Friday June 23, 2023 @05:59AM (#36444798)
In the US, butter is sold in sticks with 1/8 cup markings on the wrapper
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by ClumsyPilot on Friday June 23, 2023 @06:38AM (#36445046)
Ehy would you measure butter in cups, you dont drink it
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by randallsquared on Friday June 23, 2023 @07:18AM (#36445331)
Cups is a measure of volume. They could just as easily print cc markings, but I don't think they do.
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by throwaway173738 on Friday June 23, 2023 @07:53AM (#36445600)
Most American cookbooks use volume measures for baking because most of us don’t own scales. It sometimes leads to wildly inconsistent results when an ingredient is compacted too much.
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by interestica on Friday June 23, 2023 @08:44AM (#36446075)
Yeah even the cup measurement itself varies. It's sometimes 250mL and sometimes 236mL and sometimes 227mL.
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by JohnFen on Friday June 23, 2023 @12:53PM (#36449423)
1/8th of a cup is 2 tablespoons.

But I prefer to measure butter (and most other things -- especially sticky/messy/powdery things) by weight because it's easier. 1 cup of butter weighs about 227 grams, so 1/8 cup is about 27 grams.

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