http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/ask-a-chef/dry-measuring-cups-vs-liquid-measuring-cups/ You Have To Eat, So Learn To Cook & Eat Well Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:48:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/ask-a-chef/dry-measuring-cups-vs-liquid-measuring-cups/comment-page-1/#comment-47477 Jenni Field Wed, 21 May 2008 17:51:11 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/ask-a-chef/dry-measuring-cups-vs-liquid-measuring-cups/#comment-47477 Thanks for the correction--like I said, I'm not a physics major; I'm a pastry chef:-) Thanks for the correction–like I said, I’m not a physics major; I’m a pastry chef:-)

]]> http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/ask-a-chef/dry-measuring-cups-vs-liquid-measuring-cups/comment-page-1/#comment-47375 Bill Lakenan Tue, 20 May 2008 13:25:32 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/ask-a-chef/dry-measuring-cups-vs-liquid-measuring-cups/#comment-47375 Good article, but one minor correction regarding the physics of weighing dry goods. Mass is a function of the amount of matter in something. Weight is the amount of force than this stuff exerts downward due to gravity. On the moon you'd "weigh" one sixth as much as you do on earth, but you'd have exactly the same mass. Since we all live out entire lives on earth the concepts of weight and mass are used interchangeably and often confused. Measuring dry goods is really a function of weight and volume as a cup is a measure of volume which can vary dramatically from baker to baker. Good article, but one minor correction regarding the physics of weighing dry goods. Mass is a function of the amount of matter in something. Weight is the amount of force than this stuff exerts downward due to gravity. On the moon you’d “weigh” one sixth as much as you do on earth, but you’d have exactly the same mass. Since we all live out entire lives on earth the concepts of weight and mass are used interchangeably and often confused. Measuring dry goods is really a function of weight and volume as a cup is a measure of volume which can vary dramatically from baker to baker.

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