Is my Anchor Hocking Oven Basics glass measuring cup inaccurate?
For measuring I usually use my red plastic Betty Crocker cups.
While rearranging some dishes, I noticed the 1 cup line on the 2 cup Anchor H one looked off - greater than one cup. I poured one cup from the plastic one into the 2cup Anchor Hocking one and there was a discrepancy. See photo. Also true of the glass 1 cup AH one.
This seems enough to make a difference in some recipes and general measuring. I appreciate any thoughts.
Best Answer
I'd get a third measuring tool to see which one is wrong.
One way to test this is to measure by weight (and IMO, all recipes should list ingredients by weight instead of volume)
1 cup of water is about 236ml which is 236g.
Get 1 cup from your red cup and weight it. Get 1 cup from your glass cup and weight it.
It should tell you which one is right.
And to answer your question, yes, for some recipes, if you add too much or too liltle liquid it will not result in different results (either too dry or too wet).
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Pyrex glass measuring cups are for liquids.
Plastic and metal "cups" are for dry ingredients.
It's an old rule of thumb that no one seems to remember...
The issue is a difference in volume.
One half gallon of milk weighs 4#s, contains 8 cups (8x8oz = 64oz/8 = 4#s).
Four pounds (#s) of sugar also contains 64oz.
Weights can be equal, but the mass (or volume) of objects can be different. A pound of feathers still weighs a pound, but it takes more space to hold them (than it does to hold a pound of sugar).
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