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I'm tired of guessing which country the author is from when they use cup measurement and how densely they put flour in it.

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[–] Treczoks 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (20 children)

In the civilized world, they are. Except for liquids, but that's a given.

This stupid "How many grams is a f-ing cup of again?" is a pain in the a...

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Normally liquids are pretty standard, but I picked up a gallon of milk the other day and thought I must be sick or something. I handed it to my partner and she was along the same lines that it was extremely heavy. Not sure what happened there, but usually they weight around 4kg, this one had to be a lot more, 6kg maybe. I needed extra money to pay for some debts, so I was working instacart at nights. So I probably picked up 50 of them a week, always felt the same, this one... Not a single clue how it weighed so much, I figure if it goes bad the sun of the ingredients should be the same, its a closed environment.

[–] panicnow 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Heavy cream weighs less, about 95%, than what water weighs. I can’t really think of a liquid that I would expect to weigh 50% more than water. I remember reading once about something called “heavy water”. Maybe that is what they were referring to?

[–] QualifiedKitten 1 points 3 weeks ago

"Heavy water" is water molecules where the hydrogen atoms have an extra neutron, and pure heavy water is only about 10% heavier than regular water. Also, not something people should be drinking a lot of.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water

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