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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:39 AM
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NEED HELP WITH A RECIPE ASAP!!!! How many pounds are in a cup?
I'm trying to make something and the recipe calls for a cup of sugar.

I don't have any measuring cups in my house, just some scales the previous tenant left.

How much sugar should I use?
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:42 AM
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1. 8 ounces
is the size
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:44 AM
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2. I asked about pounds, not ounces. Who taught you how to read?
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:47 AM
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4. Tater, don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Who taught you how to
think?
dc
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:46 AM
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3. Depends. How big is the hammer? n/t
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:47 AM
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5. Who said anything about a hammer?
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:49 AM
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7. Your recipe does, silly. How else are you going to pound the cup? n/t.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:48 AM
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6. I got .6 - a bit over half pound. n/t
If you measuring spoons - a cup is 16 level tablespoons
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:54 AM
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10. As if I have any spoons in my house
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:59 AM
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11. Well, I would suggest you borrow a set from a neighbor, but
given your attitude, that's unlikely to happen.

And you're cooking without any measuring instruments? OK.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 11:00 AM
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12. I have scales
How much of the OP did you make it through?
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 03:20 PM
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48. Why the hell are you trying to cook something?
You don't have spoons? Do you have a countertop? Running water?
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:49 AM
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8. A cup of sugar weighs slightly more than 1/4 lb.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:52 AM
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9. What the fuck is a "lb"? I was asking about pounds
Ponderous, fucking ponderous
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XRubicon Donating Member (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 08:06 PM
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34. Wow, you are dumb
lb is abbreviation for pound. The key in knowing the density of sugar (mass per unit volume).


Here is your answer:

For a chemist, the density of pure, solid, (ungranulated) sugar (sucrose) is 1.59 grams per cc.

If you are cooking, 1.0 cup of granulated sugar weighs 190-195 grams, depending on the brand.

In pounds you want to use .4 lb for a cup.
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 11:02 AM
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13. Suggestion
Wait till your wife gets up and have her give you a cooking lesson. Then head over to Target and get some measuring cups tout suite.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 11:05 AM
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14. How large is the cup?
I mean I'm missing critical data here.
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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 11:10 AM
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15. Just use the whole bag
I'm sure it will turn out just right. The bigger questions is, what the fuck do you think you're doing cooking?
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 11:12 AM
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16. Depends on the street corner, mate. nt
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 11:30 AM
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17. 196 gram. (nt)
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 11:30 AM
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18. Was the sugar left behind by the previous tenant, too?
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 04:12 PM
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29. In which case, it's not very economical to bake it into cookies
:P
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Inspired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 11:35 AM
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19. Doesn't it depend on what you are putting in the cup?
:shrug:

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OffWithTheirHeads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 09:50 PM
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38. No stupid! Lead and powdered sugar weigh the same!
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 12:12 PM
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20. one coffee cup.
not a mug. idjit.
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 12:18 PM
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21. 'A pint is a pound, the World around'....
2 cups = 1 Pint = 1 pound.



Tikki
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 12:26 PM
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22. Since when is responding two hours after the Thread started ASAP?
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 12:31 PM
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23. Dude, you're a day late making treats for the little...
Edited on Sun Nov-01-09 12:34 PM by Tikki
tricksters.



Tikki
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 02:02 PM
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45. That is one pound of water, what if the cup was filled with
feathers?
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 03:21 PM
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49. Nobody cooks with feathers anymore....
nt
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 04:58 PM
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50. You never ate chicken feather soup? n/t
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 03:19 PM
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47. I believe that's a reference to liquids
One cup of sugar weighs 6.9 ounces.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 12:35 PM
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24. "...some scales the previous tenant left..."


:rofl:
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 12:47 PM
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25. It's either 18 ounces of iron or 32 pounds of feathers.
Depending on what you're making.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 12:50 PM
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26. Sugar (assuming regular white plain Jane sugar) is just over 7 ounces (weight) per cup
Edited on Sun Nov-01-09 12:52 PM by Rabrrrrrr
Assuming you are at sea level.
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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 03:29 PM
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28. Wouldn't humidity come into play as well?
Just sayin...


:shrug:


Laura
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 07:44 PM
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32. Yes, indeed. And of course, by "sea level", I meant "sea level on earth at the present time"
Humidity can indeed make a difference, though, for all intents and purposes, completely negligible for the current application of doing some baking.

And if taterguy is measuring the sugar while traveling near the speed of light in a line or arc non-parallel to the curvature of the earth, that will change things, too, depending on where and when he does the measuring.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 03:25 PM
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27. Depends. 1 pound notes or 10 pound notes?
;-)
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lillypaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 05:53 PM
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30. weight vs volume
damn, I get so confused!

PS
plastic measuring cups are really, really cheap. Invest.
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 06:43 PM
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31. if you have a coffee cup, just use it, it should be good enough
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Ineeda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 07:57 PM
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33. For future reference, my grandmother always said that
cookies are an art and cakes are a science. So if you're making cookies, a little over or under won't matter but precision is pretty important with cakes.
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 08:08 PM
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35. 2.2 kilograms equal 1 pound. That's all I've got now.
Sorry...
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 08:45 PM
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36. You waited 10 hours to provide that useless tidbit?
Thanks for your help
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 01:47 PM
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44. Lighten up. I figured you had it taken care of by then.
If not then that's not my problem.
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wickerwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 09:46 PM
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37. Here's a good website
for finding dry weights of most ingredients:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

1 cup of granulated sugar is 200 grams. 1 pound is .45 kg. So 2 1/4 cups of sugar weigh 1 pound and 1 cup of sugar weighs 6.66 ounces.
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 10:09 PM
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39. The internet is your friend.
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 01:02 AM
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40. There are eleven pounds in a cup of sugar.
Edited on Mon Nov-02-09 01:02 AM by Dangerously Amused

Unless it is brown sugar, in which case there are thirteen. And this is as ASAP as I could answer because I found this thread but two minutes ago. So just be happy you finally got a straight answer, Tate.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 01:23 AM
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41. There are only three substances in cooking/baking that weigh the same
as they measure in volume and that's

Water
Milk
Eggs

Everything is either going to be less or more dense than water, eggs, or milk.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 01:27 AM
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42. 0.5
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 02:18 AM
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43. Just use a coffee cup.
Not a thermos or any of that other crap. Just a regular coffee cup. That'll work in a pinch.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 02:31 PM
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46. Depends on the size of the two girls. n/t
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Z_I_Peevey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 06:47 PM
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51. If the recipe calls for a cup of sugar,
Edited on Mon Nov-02-09 06:47 PM by Z_I_Peevey
you should use two cups of sugar.

Unless of course, the scale is a postage scale, then you should use 2.5 cups. If the scale is a standard bathroom weight scale, then go with the two cups.

You're welcome.
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