SC - Americans and corn (was: Food guessing game)

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

> Thank you.  I know that weighing is the more accurate way to measure, 
> but I had often seen 4 cups = 1 pound as the rule-of-thumb conversion 
> for flour.  I will have to try the recipe again, using my scale.
> 
>  
> Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
> 
If the flour is sifted into a cup measure, it will weigh approximately 4
ounces.  Simply scooping up a cup of flour can weigh as much as 6 ounces.
Elizabeth David gives the standard British weight of a cup of flour as 5
ounces.

The proportions between liquid, semi-liquid and solid ingredients in the
cider cake recipe are very tight, so greater precision is required.

Bear