Can you use dry measuring cups for liquids
Can I use a dry measuring cup to measure liquids?
Technically, yes. They both measure the same amount of volume. There is no liquid to dry measuring cup conversion. 1 cup in a dry measuring cup is the same as 1 cup in a liquid measuring cup.
Is 1 cup of liquid the same as 1 cup of solid?
The Answer:
A liquid cup and a solid cup are exactly the same size. This can be easily verified by measuring a cup of water in a liquid measuring cup and pouring it into a one-cup dry measuring cup: they take up the same amount of space.
What can I use if I don’t have a liquid measuring cup?
Use an object as a reference point.
- A teaspoon is about the size of the tip of your finger.
- A tablespoon is about the size of an ice cube.
- 1/4 cup is about the size of a large egg.
- 1/2 cup is about the size of a tennis ball.
- A full cup is about the size of a baseball, an apple or a fist.
What could happen if you use a dry measuring cup to measure a liquid ingredient?
Do you need different measuring cups for liquids and solids?
Yes, you really do need to have both styles. Technically, liquid and dry measuring cups hold the same volume, but they are specially designed to more accurately measure their respective ingredients.
Is a dry cup the same as a wet cup?
Unfortunately, although a liquid measure and a dry one actually hold the same volume, the manner in which we measure dry versus wet ingredients greatly differs, and thus the cups are anything but interchangeable.