Officially there is no such thing as a dry cup. A cup is a liquid volumetric measurement However, a dry quart is 16.36% bigger than a liquid quart. Since there are 4 liquid cups in a liquid quart, it would appear logical that there are 4 dry cups in a dry quart. Following this logic, then a dry cup (if it existed) would be 16.36% bigger than a liquid cup.
This depends on what you are measuring. There is "Dry Cup"(a cup of a solid material) and "Liquid cup" (cup of a fluid or liquid). However, a cup (dry or liquid) is classified as a measurement of volume. 1 cup = 250 milliliters or 8.80 liquid ounces
YES - many substances have different weight/volume ratios. -Even pasta has a variety of different cup sizes. - A dry cup of flour is 124 grams, - a cup of water is 236 grams.
a dry cup is used to measure dry ingredients like sugar or flour and a liquid measuring cup measures liquids like water or milk.
From what I have come to understand, there is onetablespoon measure per one dry ounce. This is apparently different from liquid ounces, where twotablespoon equals one liquid ounce. There are 16 tablespoons in a cup, therefore there are 2 Tablespoons to an oz. There are 8 fluid oz to a cup.
dry measure
A cup like the one in this pic, which is universal.
A cup is a cup, whether it is liquid or not. ____________________ While, a cup is a cup, there are different cups, in US measure there is a liquid cup, and a dry cup, in the british imperial system a dry or liquid cup is the same BUT there is an 8 oz. cup and a 10 oz(half pint) cup. If you are converting from one cup to another these volumes are: US cup = 236.8 ml US dry cup = 275.35 ml Imperial cup (8 oz)= 227 ml (this is 1/4 of a fifth, or 1/2 pound of water) Imperial cup (10 oz or 1.25 cup) = 283.7 ml (this is 1/4 of a quart) In the metric system a cup is often approximated at 250 ml (a metric cup)
A cup is a cup, basically. However, the true measure is level with the top of what is called a dry measuring cup. That is why you should overfill this type cup and then run a flat edge across the top. If you poured liquid to be even with the top it would run over so you use a "liquid" cup marked in increments and make the liquid even with the line you need. I am a retired Home Economics teacher.
Yes there is a difference and the difference is that the line for the liquid cup is under the the top of the cup. For the dry measuring cup the line is the top of the cup. So because of the there is about a 16% difference, the liquid measuring cup being larger.
A cup is a cup, basically. However, the true measure is level with the top of what is called a dry measuring cup. That is why you should overfill this type cup and then run a flat edge across the top. If you poured liquid to be even with the top it would run over so you use a "liquid" cup marked in increments and make the liquid even with the line you need. I am a retired Home Economics teacher.
A liquid measure looks like wherever the liquid comes to, inside a measuring cup. Liquid measures are different from "dry" measures. An ounce of flour is not the same as an ounce of water. One is by weight, the other is by volume. FriPilot
Dry measure tends to be SLIGHTLY more than liquid measure, which in most recipes won't change things. But, if the recipe has to be increased to feed more people, then what started out as 1/8th cup can end up being 1/4 or 1/2, depending on the amounts used. You can prove this to yourself by filling both a liquid measuring cup (use a 2 cup measure) with exactly 1 cup of water. Then fill to the brim 1 cup dry measure and carefully pour the dry measure cup into the 2 cup measuring cup, get eye level and you will see the difference.