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- Manlobbi
Outskirts of Shrewd'm / Cooking in Shrewd'm
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Anyone have this problem? The measuring cup pour spout just lets all the liquid run down the side of the cup instead of hitting the target vessel. We had a cup that didn't do that, but it was dropped (oops). The other ones we have all do it. Poking around Amazon I find that pretty much all the cups they sell have at least one comment that the product behaves that way.
Anyone know a good measuring cup (2-cup) that DOESN'T do this?
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I'm generally not a big fan of plastics, but with that said: the Oxo Good Grips are durable, easy to accurately measure from above, and I've not noticed a problem with the liquid running down the side.
We have the one cup, two cup, and two ounce sizes. They nest well. Looks like the 2c is $11 @ Amazon
(For microwaving, we still use the 20 year-old Pyrex. Just about indestructible, but they do dribble)
--sutton
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Yeah, not real fond of plastics, either. Ours was a 2C Pyrex. Poured very nicely. We have 1C and a 4C that was part of the set, and they do OK. We do have a plastic 2C, but not for the microwave (also, the printing is starting to fade from it...I got it when I went off to grad school). The 2C was our most heavily used before we dropped it.
When mom died, we inherited her stuff. One was an OLD Pyrex 2C, but there is a chip in the pour spout, so it more-than-dribbles. Most of the new Pyrex is a tempered glass, but the old stuff was actually borosilicate. Brittle, but very capable of handling temperature extremes. Borosilicate is still available, but seems to be uncommon now.
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When mom died, we inherited her stuff. One was an OLD Pyrex 2C, but there is a chip in the pour spout, so it more-than-dribbles.
*Exactly* the same situation here. That one lives up at the cabin for occasional use
I held onto it mostly because it occurred to me that it was the cup she had used to make all those cookies while I was growing up. Mom made the best cookies, and I thought I'd reproduce for my own boys
...until I found the magic ingredient was (1960s-era) Crisco. Ow. Attempts at substituting butter never quite turned out the same.
--sutton
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I haven't seen that in the stores in a while, or maybe I'm just not looking.
It actually is an unhealthy ingredient because it had partially-hyrdogenated cottonseed oil. It's the "partially-hydrogenated" bit that is bad. The cottonseed oil is probably fine.
I inherited my mom's recipes (she had them on index cards in a small box). So far I haven't seen a call for Crisco. Butter (NOT margarine), eggs, sugar and/or brown sugar, etc. Though I do remember she had it in her kitchen when I was young, so not sure what she used it for.
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I haven't seen that in the stores in a while, or maybe I'm just not looking. - 1pg
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It is available, at least at Kroger here in Texas. I buy a small container now and then to fry pancakes.
