On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:36:59 -0400, rickman wrote:

>
> A pint's a pound the world around (unless you are Imperial).  So a pint
> is 16 ounces,
WRONG WRONG WRONG a pint is 20 floz (a US pint is 16 floz & a us floz is
slightly larger than an imperial floz). I hate getting served a short
measure every time I order a pint of beer in the USA!

> a cup is half that or 8 ounces.  A teaspoon is 3 to a
> tablespoon which is two to an ounce and Bob's your uncle, a quarter cup
> is 2 * 2 * 3 or a dozen teaspoons!  I thought you liked dozens?
>

The "Cup" for measurement was introduced by US cook Fanny Farmer, the
actual capacity of the cup was never defined but the ratio between cups,
jugs etc.. was. This enabled for easy scaling of recipes (simply use a
bigger cup!).
For purely convenience reasons the USA had defined the US Customary Cup
but there is also the US Legal Cup (Christ they cant even keep to just
one!) the Metric Cup & the Imperial Cup.

non of these can be called standards.





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