It is laziness thing to measure foods buy the cup in the US? I have hard time finding cook books that require weighing.

So when a recipe says a cup of bread pieces does that mean a level cup, heaped cup or slightly pressed down? same thing for mini marshmellow?

I am thinking I should just have my sister bring me over a couple english cook books. I am too much of a perfectionist to use cup measurments.

Unless it says otherwise, a leveled cup.

That is what I thought... wierd to measure lumpy items that way though.

mmmmm .....

what size cup ???

kiera knighley or katie price ?

Mind out the gutter

never mind , i should have read slowly ....

its definately kiera knightley

This used to bug me and then I got into the swing of it....wouldn't go back to weighing things out now..give it a go !

I have being giving it a go for over 5 years
Actually for most things it is not a problem however I still prefer weighing... old habits die hard I guess.

Likewise :-)

After my very useful purchase of measuring cups, I find it sooooooooooo much easier than weighing stuff out. And my husband even told with me with great glee that our mugs hold exactly a cup.... bless him :-)

Try it out, its easy, honest!

There must be loads of conversion charts around - maybe you could stick one on your fridge for ease if you prefer weighing?

There are times when having to do a cup is a pain, but overall I prefer it.

Usually it's a level cup unless though sometimes I'll see recipes that call for a 'packed cup' or 'compressed cup' in which you have to push it down a bit.

I generally start following directions but in the end add and subtract stuff until I think it is about right (and usually tastes awful).

I found a really good recipe site a few years ago....it's very handy,and using cups for measuring is SO much quicker,
www.cooks.com
hope you like the web site too!

Thanks that Sophia...it looks good. I also like the food network web site.

Unless you're baking, precise measurement is overrated.