Originally Posted By: mlord
Originally Posted By: andy
I've always been amused over the North American use of "cup" as a "standard" measurement, it seems like a measure guaranteed to cause confusion.

smile Yeah, well.. we all have you British to thank for that!

So Wikipedia suggests (says that it is common in the Commonwealth as well). I'm puzzled as to how though, given that it is pretty much never used as a measure in the UK. The only time I have seen it used in recipe books here is when converting from a US recipe.
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