<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Dear Ann, While it's kind of you to send a translation of your recipe into cups for list members in the 'States etc, could I make a plea for a reciprocal arrangement from the 'States. Quite simply, NO recipe I have received in US cup measure has ever worked properly. I no longer bother. It's quicker for me to start from scratch. Modern cooking, working from electronic scales is incredibly easy and precise and I cannot understand why anyone should wish to continue with such a tedious, old-fashioned system. It has the other problem that it is very sensitive to the size of what you are measuring (try weighing 2 cups of potato cut in half-inch cubes against finely chopped potato. The difference is enormous). We often hear members of this list having problems making bread. We use a bread-maker and it wasn't until we forgot our measuring jug this year and used those of friends while we were away, that we realised that 5 millilitres of water either way make a huge difference, while the volume variation in measuring jugs can be 5 times this. We now WEIGH the water for Karin's bread too. This has taken most of the puzzling variation out of the loaves she makes every other day. Regards David David J Walland University of Bristol Radiation Protection Adviser [log in to unmask] Tel +44 (0)117 928 8323 Fax +44 (0)117 929 1209 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support the Jubilee 2000 movement. Remove the debt burden from third world countries. See http://www.cafod.org.uk/petition.htm