What is the measurement of 1 cup?

Question

This recipe requires 1 cup milk and 1 cup oats.

What is the measurement of 1 cup in milliliters?

@Aaronut Thanks for the helpful other question link. – Aquarius_Girl Jul 02 '14 at 10:08 — Aquarius_Girl, Jul 02 '14 at 10:08

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '14 at 08:38

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A US cup is 237 mL.

It is more practical to use grams though:
256 grams of milk and 156 grams of oats.

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answered Jun 14 '14 at 08:38

soegaard

I just have have the ml measuring vessel, not the grams one, so what should I assume w.r.t ml for both of them? – Aquarius_Girl Jun 14 '14 at 08:44
237 mL for both. – soegaard Jun 14 '14 at 08:45
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I seldom get in trouble using 250 ml as the conversion factor. It's wrong by a bit, but when a recipe calls for a cup of this and a cup of that, the ratio ends up correct. It's also easier to remember, and measure using metric cookware. – Wayfaring Stranger Jun 14 '14 at 12:01
We Americans still haven't learned to cook by weight, for the most part. – keshlam Jun 14 '14 at 15:34
@keshlam When a Carrington event takes out every electronic scale in Europe, they will be sorry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859 – Wayfaring Stranger Jun 14 '14 at 20:49

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