| Glass Measuring Cups are a wonderful and unique | | | | allowing you to incorporate them into your cooking |
| addition to any cooking collection. First invented in 1879, | | | | utensil collection. By using glass measuring cups you |
| measuring cups were created for standardization of | | | | can replace older worn metal and plastic measuring |
| measurements in cooking and baking. Prior to this most | | | | cups with an elegant and beautiful addition to your |
| recipes measured quantities in “lumps” or | | | | kitchen. Be sure to follow a few simple steps when |
| “fists”. By changing the method of measuring | | | | using glass measuring cups. First, glass measuring cups |
| quantities of wet and dry ingredients, chefs could | | | | should not be taken from one temperature extreme to |
| create meals that tasted the same every time they | | | | another (cold freezer to hot oven). Second, glass is |
| were prepared. | | | | more fragile than metal or plastic and can break when |
| | | | not stored or washed properly. There is a variety of |
| | | | glass cooking and baking supplies available which will |
| Glass measuring cups are available in a wide variety | | | | help create your glassware cooking collection. You can |
| of sizes, designs, and colors and may also be made | | | | also look in cooking or baking magazines for more |
| from plastic or metal. Measuring cups are used in | | | | suggestions on great kitchen items. |
| cooking to measure the volume of a liquid or dry | | | | Glass measuring cups are readily available online as |
| ingredient. In the United States most measuring cups | | | | well as in many catalogs. Search for glass material |
| base the measurements on portions of one cup. | | | | and make sure to ask questions. Is this product |
| Measuring cup sets that are sized to the top rim are | | | | dishwasher safe? Will the color fade over time? What |
| usually better at obtaining exact measurements for | | | | are the measurements of the cups? These glass |
| cooking instead of one cup that utilizes graduated | | | | measuring cups can be found online at LookInTheAttic |
| markings. | | | | & Company, and they also offer free assistance |
| Glass measuring cup sets are produced today – | | | | and help. |