We need help in cookery??

Question

what is a cup in grams?

and a 1/3 of a cup in grams?

Answer 1

see link below

Answer 2

I find it a real nuisance when a recipe uses a volume measurement (especially 'cups', a standard cup being 250ml) for something solid, like rice. And the weight depends on what it is: for example, long grain rice is 'bigger' than paella or arboreo rice.

The only way I've found is to put a measuring jug on my little electronic scales, zero the reading, add the required volume and read off the weight.

Answer 3

http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Cup-to-Gram-...

type in cups to grams in search engine

Answer 4

Volume cannot be converted to weight.  This would be the same as trying to convert inches into pounds; it just doesn't work.  This is because every ingredient has a different density.  For example, a cup of lead pellets and a cup of feathers both occupy 8 ounces of volume.  However, neither one will WEIGH 8 ounces.  VOLUME and WEIGHT are two completely different ways to measure things; just as LENGTH and WEIGHT are.  

I think a lot of people get this confused because the morons who invented the English System gave the same unit name (ounces) to both volume and weight.

Some cookbooks have charts that list how much a cup of some ingredient weighs.  These are approximations based on the average weight of a given volume of ingredient.  They are not very accurate due to density changes and temperature.  For example, a cup of flour may weigh more in the winter due to humidity.  A pint of water will vary in weight depending on the temperature of the water.  

http://www.gourmetsleuth.com has a program if you don't have a cookbook with a chart.  Weighing ingredients on a scale is a much more accurate way to measure stuff when cooking.  Professional bakers weigh all their ingredients, including water.