Measuring Cup with Markings that make no sense.

Ozzie_Isaac

Okay, not a baker by any stretch, and a baker gave this to me.  The measurements kind of make sense, but the ounces definitely throw me and they make me question every other measurement.  The “4oz” mark isn’t even close.  1, 6, 8, 10, and 12 are correct.  Tablespoons are not even in the ballpark. (4, 5, and 6 are close, but 1 and 2 are a mile off)

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina

This is great.

8 Tablespoons is indeed 4 ounces, but somehow things aren’t proportional below that.  For example, look at the corresponding 4 and 2 marks.

You sure a “baker” gave you this, as opposed to someone who “was baked” ?

ColbyLang

Keep in mind, dry and fluid ounces are not the same….

JohnInCarolina

ColbyLang said:

Keep in mind, dry and fluid ounces are not the same….

Well, if the 8 TBS and 4 oz lines are the same, this thing ain’t measuring weight.  

ColbyLang

8 tablespoons of salt may be in fact 4oz….given iodized table salt. 8 tablespoons of sugar doesn’t weigh the same

Botch

wtf.  

JohnInCarolina

ColbyLang said:

8 tablespoons of salt may be in fact 4oz….given iodized table salt. 8 tablespoons of sugar doesn’t weigh the same

Exactly.  So unless this thing came with instructions about the various measurements only being suitable to specific things, it ain’t measuring weight. 

ColbyLang

Got money says that paper rolled up inside prolly says how to use it 

JohnInCarolina

ColbyLang said:

Got money says that paper rolled up inside prolly says how to use it 

How much we betting here?  

ColbyLang

JohnInCarolina said:

ColbyLang said:

Got money says that paper rolled up inside prolly says how to use it 

How much we betting here?  

$1

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

JohnInCarolina said:

ColbyLang said:

Got money says that paper rolled up inside prolly says how to use it 

How much we betting here?  

$1

You owe John a dollar.  I put that random paper inside so I could see the markings better in photos.  This came with no instructions.

Ozzie_Isaac

This is the Dan Brown of measuring cups.

ColbyLang

Damn…..ok JIC, $1 to you

JohnInCarolina

ColbyLang said:

Damn…..ok JIC, $1 to you

Ooohh… big spender!

JohnInCarolina

To be fair, it’s the thought that counts.

I will also accept payment in the form of bread or bourbon the next time I’m in your neck of the woods, @ColbyLang

lousubcap

Great fun scrolling thru this.  Where's @Ozzie_Isaac, the OP in this payoff?   Nouns/numbers and an agreed definition...Could solve a lot of SWMBO interactions at least for me.  

paqman

UK vs US measurements 

kl8ton

alaskanassasin

You get what you pay for.

ColbyLang

Temu strikes again

JohnInCarolina

kl8ton said:

Dry laps vs fluid laps.

JohnInCarolina

paqman said:

UK vs US measurements 

Nod.

caliking

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Ozzie_Isaac

caliking said:

https://a.co/d/3AXCggA

Limited-time deal: Etekcity Food Kitchen Scale, Digital Grams and Ounces for Weight Loss, Baking, Cooking, Keto and Meal Prep, LCD Display, Medium, 304 Stainless Steel

But how do I measure a cup of water with that?

johnmitchell

This measuring device would be a great handout when revealing your secret pizza dough recipe 😉

DoubleEgger

As the old saying goes, “When you try to do too many things, you don’t do any of them very well.” 

Legume

I've never known a measuring cup to measure weight, but that thing's f'd up regardless. It's the Criss Angel of measuring cups.

JohnnyTarheel

caliking said:

https://a.co/d/3AXCggA

Limited-time deal: Etekcity Food Kitchen Scale, Digital Grams and Ounces for Weight Loss, Baking, Cooking, Keto and Meal Prep, LCD Display, Medium, 304 Stainless Steel

Thanks... got mine ordered 

Ozzie_Isaac

I think I will host an old school Forum Cook-Off and this will be the prize.

Any ideas for what we should have for the challenge?

1.  Best Veggie dish
2. chicken wings
3 Best International BBQ example (not Texas BBQ)

Legume

Wings often look the same (except for a few people, you know who you are). 

1 or 3