I just realized while cooking that a measuring-cup cup (as measured out as 250mL in a glass measuring cup) is the same amount(s) as one of the actual plastic baking measuring cups that go inside each other like Russian dolls lol

I thought they were different somehow (something something imperial metric yadda yadda yaddda)

Your turn to come clean Lemmings!

**EDIT: to clarify, I mean volumetrically for measuring liquids

  • PatMustard@feddit.ukEnglish
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    10 months ago

    There is no such measurement as “a cup” in Britain, we’ve got a few weird old ones but they don’t have quite such misleading names!

    • tiredofsametab@kbin.social
      2·
      10 months ago

      I’m basing this on my recollection of a “glen and friends” cooking video. It may be that they were talking about an older time, so my fault if that’s the case.

      • PatMustard@feddit.ukEnglish
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        10 months ago

        No worries, old cookbooks are a bit of a wild ride so there could well be cups and all sorts of madness being used!

        • tiredofsametab@kbin.social
          2·
          10 months ago

          If you’re into that, the above channel is great; he has an old recipies series and goes into the history and compares and contrasts many sources and is really into the history. Cheers!