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Postby pixiewhispers » May 8th, 2006, 4:11 pm

I bought a scale. It measures in ounces. So what is the conversion for ounces to cups? THe MF book says we can have 1 1/2 cup of cooked vegetable. SO, the dummy I am, can not figure out how much eggplant I can have tonight!! :roll:
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Postby dede4wd » May 8th, 2006, 4:17 pm

You're not a dummy! I always thought a cup was 8oz, so 1 1/2 cups would be 12oz, right? I'm sure one of the chef-types on this forum would help you when they see your post...

Hope this helps at all!

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Postby Ct. Yankee » May 8th, 2006, 4:18 pm

Eight ounces is one cup, so a cup and a half is 12 ounces. Most measuring cups denote ounces and cups. I use a measuring cup to measure out my vegetables. I only use my scale to measure the lean portion of the Lean and Green. Hope this helps.

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Postby Ct. Yankee » May 8th, 2006, 4:18 pm

DeDe, guess we are on the same page, huh?!!!

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Postby DogMa » May 8th, 2006, 4:29 pm

This isn't quite true, actually. The cups of vegetables refers to volume, not weight, I believe. The ounces on the scale refer to weight. So there is no conversion because you're measuring two different things.

A cup is 8 fluid ounces, which is again a measure of volume. For instance, a cup of water does not weigh the same as a cup of mushrooms. Or juice. But if you use a scale and weigh out 8 ounces of those things, they would all weigh the same (8 ounces).
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Re: Hi

Postby wildtrk » May 8th, 2006, 4:30 pm

dede4wd wrote:You're not a dummy! I always thought a cup was 8oz, so 1 1/2 cups would be 12oz, right? I'm sure one of the chef-types on this forum would help you when they see your post...

Hope this helps at all!

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you are mixing to different types of measurements. You are measuring volume with a measuring cup and weight with a scale. One does not directly correlate to the other. 12 oz. on a scale does not equal 1-1/2 cups unless you can cut it up and physically make it fit into a cup and a half.
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Postby dede4wd » May 8th, 2006, 4:42 pm

You know what, I'M THE DUMMY! I wasn't reading the post clearly enough and I was projecting my own situation onto you, Maime...I bought a MEASURING CUP that only measures in ounces and not cups and that was actually the question I was answering.

I also measure my veggies in a measuring cup, not on a scale, and my meat on the scale. I'm sorry I'm dingy, but I can't help it!

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Postby pixiewhispers » May 8th, 2006, 5:02 pm

So, I should cook the eggplant and then measure 1 1/2 cups of it?
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Postby Mom23 » May 8th, 2006, 5:14 pm

pixiewhispers wrote:So, I should cook the eggplant and then measure 1 1/2 cups of it?


Yep! Enjoy! :D
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Postby pixiewhispers » May 8th, 2006, 5:40 pm

Alright!!!!!That's alot of eggplant!!! :eat:
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Re: Hi

Postby FluffyNoMore » May 8th, 2006, 6:38 pm

wildtrk wrote:
dede4wd wrote:You're not a dummy! I always thought a cup was 8oz, so 1 1/2 cups would be 12oz, right? I'm sure one of the chef-types on this forum would help you when they see your post...

Hope this helps at all!

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you are mixing to different types of measurements. You are measuring volume with a measuring cup and weight with a scale. One does not directly correlate to the other. 12 oz. on a scale does not equal 1-1/2 cups unless you can cut it up and physically make it fit into a cup and a half.


Ya, what he said. :) One's weight...one's volume.
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