Tuesday, August 24, 2010

For the Beginner

There is a difference between this:




And this:



The first one is a dry measuring cup; the second, a liquid measuring cup. Most things dry that need measuring, use measuring cups with a round opening.  The measuring cup with a spout, for wet ingredients.  The different measuring cups are important when precision measurements are key

Dry measuring cups are meant to be filled right up to the top and then leveled off with a straight edge of some sort. Liquid measuring cups are made to be filled to the gradations on the side of the cup (1/4 cup, 1/2 cup, 6 oz, etc.) rather than being filled right up to the top.

2 comments:

Ginae said...

well slap me and call me silly! who knew? lol..thanks for the lesson..i had NO ideal...you know one of these days when you come visit or i come visit you cooking something scrumptious is on the list of things we gotta do right?

Tarsha R said...

G - Duh....I love cooking for my people!!