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Re:Cups vs. grams: why can't American and British cooks agre... by bryanlarsen on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @07:47AM (#39916192)
When a recipe asks for a cup of butter, they're not actually asking for a cup of butter. American butter comes in one pound blocks so it's likely the recipe developer actually used a half pound of butter rather than a cup. If you actually measure a cup of butter into your recipe you've likely put slightly more butter in than the recipe developer did.

But at least you'll be close. Unlike 1 cup of broccoli.

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Re:Cups vs. grams: why can't American and British cooks agre... by dukeyukey on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @10:06AM (#39917699)
How do you measure 1 cup of broccoli? Cos that sort of instruction comes up constantly. Unless American stores sell vegetables in 1 cup bushels (which just in case they do, is beyond insane) I don't see how you could reliably do that ever.
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Re:Cups vs. grams: why can't American and British cooks agre... by bryanlarsen on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @10:15AM (#39917815)
Yes, that's such an obvious point that I didn't think I needed to make it more clear that I agree with you.
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