Does 8 ounces still= 1 cup?

[Cantw8]

if that is still true, could someone explain this package of cheese I bought? Look at the note on the package and then look at the weight

 

[PrincessShmoo]

View attachment 120683 if that is still true, could someone explain this package of cheese I bought? Look at the note on the package and then look at the weight

They've infused the cheese with more little air bubbles. Each little cheese piece is the same size it was, just has more air in it, so it weighs less.

 

[alicat8]

8 fluid oz maybe to be a cup maybe?

 

[MataHari22]

I suppose the bottom 8oz is going by weight and not by volume. Not the same thing.

ETA: shredding the cheese makes it take up more of an area. So it can take up the space of one 8 oz cup, but weigh less than 8oz.

 

[Cantw8]

very confusing....lol

 

[usnuzuloose]

try measuring it in the dry cup not for wet. I bet it will come out at 2 cups

 

[minnie mum]

Don't confuse fluid ounces (volume) with ounces (weight).

8 fl. oz= 1 cup.

8 oz= 1/2 lb.

 

[low-key]

maybe they mean its 2 cups if you dont check it

 

[Flight]

Common Core math?

 

[kimblebee]

What @minnie mum said. One is weight, one is volume. You're comparing one to the other.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Common Core math?

First thing I was thinking

 

[bookgirl]

Dry measurment and liquid weights are often different for 'cups'. Shredded cheese would be a dry measurement.

 

[verleniahall]

THis si why i started shreading my own cheese with my tupperware grinder!

 

[JasonMouse]

You can thank the FDA. They require most food be labeled by weight, even though it is measured by volume in recipes. Are you supposed to pack cheese like you do brown sugar??? The answer is YES! Who measures cheese anyway!!

 

[minnie mum]

Dry weights and liquid weights are often different. Shredded cheese would be a dry weight.

Weight is weight. A pound of water weighs exactly the same as a pound of cheese.


But the volume (fluid ounces or cups) of a pound of water is certainly not the same as the volume of a pound of cheese.

This is why I like the metric system. Much less confusing when you're dealing with grams and mililiters instead of ounces and fluid ounces.

 

[bookgirl]

Weight is weight. A pound of water weighs exactly the same as a pound of cheese.


But the volume (fluid ounces or cups) of a pound of water is certainly not the same as the volume of a pound of cheese.

This is why I like the metric system. Much less confusing when you're dealing with grams and mililiters instead of ounces and fluid ounces.

Sorry that should have said dry measurement not weight.

 

[phorsenuf]

That's why if you bake, you should weight your ingredients versus measuring them, especially if baking bread.

 

[usnuzuloose]

When baking it needs exact measurements and proper cups for it. For plain cooking cheese can be added with out exact measuring.

 

[Jaya]

And then there's "nominal" measurements. I bought a tarp the other day. The packaging said it was a 9'x12' tarp; the packaging also said that was the "nominal" measurement. In reality, it was 8 1/2' x 11 1/2', the rest was taken up by hems. I seriously considering offering to pay a "nominal" price for it.....say $23 instead of $25. Doesn't that sound fair?

 

[Christine]

If a recipe calls for 2 cups of shredded cheese, when you get your block of cheese (which might be 8 oz in weight in a block), when you shredded it, it doesn't compact down because of the shape of the shredded cheese. 8oz of block cheese will typically yield 2 cups of shredded volume of cheese.