goodgiver
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How does person 5/8 ounces a cup of liquid. None of my measuring cups have 5/8 on them Please help.
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One cup contains 16 tablespoons. Therefore, 1/8 cup would be 2 tablespoons. For 5/8 cup, you will have "5" eighths, which is 10 tablespoons.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
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Half way between the 1/2 and 3/4 marks.
Half way between the 1/2 and 3/4 marks.
boufa06
Executive Chef
goodgiver, 5/8 of anything is just 1/8 more than 4/8 which is 1/2 of it. I am sure your cup has a 1/2 mark. So fill it to the mark and then eyeball the remaining 1/8 (ie a little bit more) rather than resorting to higher mathematics.goodgiver said:
jennyema
Chef Extraordinaire
If the measuring cup has flared sides, sometimes it's hard to eyeball.
If the recipe demands an exact measurement, IMO you are better off measuring out 1/2 cup and then adding 2T like katie suggested.
If the recipe demands an exact measurement, IMO you are better off measuring out 1/2 cup and then adding 2T like katie suggested.
boufa06
Executive Chef
Most measuring cups have flared sides anyway. Nevertheless this should not be an obstacle to anyone who wants to sharpen their capacity of estimating. As for the assumed exactitude of any recipe, I would take it with a big grain of salt.jennyema said:
When it comes to measuring cups, I was taught that those with flared sides and a spout are for measuring liquids. The other cups with straight sides are for dry ingredients.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
My glass measuring cups have flared sides AND hash marks for each fluid ounce. So I can measure liquids by eighths. When I suggested earlier that you fill half way between 1/2 and 3/4, I was not suggesting estimating but using the hash marks between those two measures.
boufa06
Executive Chef
Andy, you mean you wouldn't be able to estimate if there was not any hash marks for the amount you want to measure
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
boufa06 said:Andy, you mean you wouldn't be able to estimate if there was not any hash marks for the amount you want to measure
No. I meant that you don't have to extimate. There is a 5/8 hash mark.
If there was no hash mark, I wouldn't hesitate to estimate. I can't imagine you could screw up a recipe by being off a little.
Sararwelch
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I bought a cheap set of plastic measuring cups - they were literally like 99 cents, and they include a 1/8 measurement. It actually comes in handy sometimes!
boufa06
Executive Chef
Good for you Sararwelch! Now look around to see if you can find one with subdivisions of 1/16.Sararwelch said:
JDP
Senior Cook
What you are looking for is 5 oz. Many measurting cups have oz marks as well as cup marks.
JDP
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Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Coffee measures are also 1/8 cup measures. The flat bottomed ones, not the pointy bottomed ones.
I bought a reasonably priced set of Rubbermaid measuring cups including 1, 3/4, 2/3, 1/2, 1/3. 1/4. Each of these cups has a crease around the "middle" which indicates the halfway point of each measure. As a result, the 1 cup can also measure 1/2, the 3/4 also measure 3/8, the 2/3 does 1/3, the 1/2 does 1/4 and the 1/3 does 1/6. Everything else gets estimated or "spooned"
I bought a reasonably priced set of Rubbermaid measuring cups including 1, 3/4, 2/3, 1/2, 1/3. 1/4. Each of these cups has a crease around the "middle" which indicates the halfway point of each measure. As a result, the 1 cup can also measure 1/2, the 3/4 also measure 3/8, the 2/3 does 1/3, the 1/2 does 1/4 and the 1/3 does 1/6. Everything else gets estimated or "spooned"
JDP
Senior Cook
goodgiver said:
After rereading you post do you want 5/8 of an oz or 5/8's of a cup? If it's 5/8 of and oz you need 1T plus 1/16 of a T. I have to go soak my head now.
JDP
auntdot
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OK, I just have the old fashioned measuring cups.
But no need to estimate, although I think you could do it just fine.
Take a ruler and measure the difference between the half and three quarter mark and put a dot on the outside of the cup with a Sharpie or whatever halfway between. You have an accurate measurement for cooking.
Or sans ruler, take a piece of paper and put one edge on the one half cup mark and mark a line at the three quarter level. Cut the paper, fold in half, and that will tell you how much more to add.
Got a couple of more ways, but the simplest is just to fill to 1/2 cup and add two tablespoons ( or six teaspoons).
But heck, I would just eyeball it.
But no need to estimate, although I think you could do it just fine.
Take a ruler and measure the difference between the half and three quarter mark and put a dot on the outside of the cup with a Sharpie or whatever halfway between. You have an accurate measurement for cooking.
Or sans ruler, take a piece of paper and put one edge on the one half cup mark and mark a line at the three quarter level. Cut the paper, fold in half, and that will tell you how much more to add.
Got a couple of more ways, but the simplest is just to fill to 1/2 cup and add two tablespoons ( or six teaspoons).
But heck, I would just eyeball it.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
close enough for government work...
boufa06
Executive Chef
JDP, in your opinion, would cooking be possible if there were no measuring cups?JDP said:
mudbug
Chef Extraordinaire
gosh, I hope so, boufa! I'd be sunk on a lot of things, otherwise.
BigDog
Head Chef
Measure? I don't usually measure.
Then again, I don't usually bake either.
Regular cooking doesn't necessarily require measuring. Baking, on the other hand, demands it!
Then again, I don't usually bake either.
Regular cooking doesn't necessarily require measuring. Baking, on the other hand, demands it!
