Measuring jug

A set of Oxo Good Grips measuring jugs with angled scales so they can be read from above

Measuring jug / Measuring Cup

A measuring cup or measuring jug is a kitchen utensil used primarily to measure the volume of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients such as flour and sugar, especially for volumes from about 50 ml (2 fl oz) upwards. The jug will usually have a series of scales marked in the various units of volume measurement, some or all or the following: Metric Cup, U.S. Cup, Imperial fl oz, Imperial pint, U.S. pint, Metric).

Weight of cooking ingredients by cup size

100's of our ingredients pages now have (US) cup to weight conversion tables to, so if you need to know how much a cup of parsley weighs, just enter Parsley in the search box and hit return. The cup-to-weight calculations are at the bottom of every ingredient page.

Reference

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measuring_cup

See also

• Volume conversion tables
• Fannie Merritt Farmer
• Fannie Farmer's cup size

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