On 2017-04-04, alister  wrote:

> 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.

Our measuring cups are also marked 250 mL.  Close enough, anyway.

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