I like my glass measuring cups but the printing on them has really disappeared over time. Does anyone have a measuring cup that they love?
I just weigh the fluids.
Water is 1g per ml and most other things are close enough that I don’t care.
It’s gonna suck when you recipe calls for dark matter. (Also, to scroll to the recipe you have to read the entire history of the universe.)
I don’t know if there’s a name for it, but an increasing number of recipe writers are using only weight based measurements. This is super handy because you just have a scale, add ingredients, and just tare as you need. The measurements are also more accurate because, eg, flour can be compacted, so “1 cup of flour” could vary by a lot depending on how you measure it.
Or by the bran content. Or by the protein content. Flour measurements in recipes are a lie…
Salt is another example. A teaspoon of salt can be a very different amount depending on if you use fine salt, coarse salt or even flaky salt.
Just use fine salt if you’re mixing. It spreads more evenly anyway.
I convert all measurements in the recipes I use to weight except teaspoons. It’s just simply faster to get the end product and leaves less dishes at the end.
Teaspoons are fair because at that scale you might be talking about 0.5grams, which is harder to weigh and easier to eyeball.
Yeah, the scale I have at home is only accurate up to 1g so a 1/4 tsp is not going to be accurate
Find one where you can see the measurements when looking down at it. So much better.
Or, use European recipes so you can just weigh the water like normal people.
My measurements nearly wore off, so I got a glass paint marker and redrew them. Problem solved for another 10 years.
Since we’re in the US, I saw this one from Target:
I can’t speak for its sturdiness and it doesn’t have 1/4 marks but with the straight sides you could eyeball it. It’s soda-lime glass, so you can boil in the microwave and wash in the dishwasher.
Just an option.
Boycott Target. They were one of the first companies to fold to the Trump regime.
Well, I’d say they were the first whose kneeling under the lash was highly publicized. Many other much worse companies actively promoted the whole regime and its maggot-riddled leaders from the start. Yes, Target was only paying rainbow lip service, and withdrew it when they realized they wouldn’t cash in. And yes the community service they do is a way of advertising themselves. I won’t argue for you not to boycott them, but I’m not going to give any shit to the people who rely on them for basic goods, especially in areas with only worse alternatives.
well a lot of times the alternative is walmart to.
Get the PYREX with all caps. Got my 500 mL erlenmeyer flask and I’m never going back.
And lifetime supply of chili pepper, cap’n cook?
Cap’n say it’s in
Yo, I make breakfast with that thing. Crack a couple of eggs and put it right on the burner. Kinda hard to eat out of, though.
Cheap solution… Classico pasta sauce used to have measurements embossed (Is that the right word for glass?) on the side of the jars. My jars are kinda old, but it looks like they probably still do that but maybe only on certain sizes. The measurement lines and labels are a raised area that’s functionally part of the glass. I’ve been using them for years and it should be nearly impossible for the measurement lines to wear or fade in any meaningful way.
Other brands of pasta sauce do this too, the Aldi brand definitely used to, looking online it seems relatively common. You can also just buy glass jars with embossed measurements on them, but it’s cheaper to buy the pasta sauce jars and then you also have the bonus of having pasta sauce.
FWIW, I grabbed a Sharpie and retraced the lines. Do that maybe every 2-3 years. Not perfect by a long shot, but good enough for me.
I commented below, but better to group the ideas. You can also use a glass paint marker. Mine hasn’t worn off at all in 3 years.
I’ve got an IKEA one, which has been through the dishwasher for years and it keeps the writing on
If you love the one you have, you can buy a glass or ceramic paint pen and go over the faded printing, then bake according to the directions, and keep using it. Only paint the outside, so you don’t have to worry about any chemicals.
Stop putting them in the dishwasher.
Look friend, you can live your life however you want, and good for you. But if it’s a dish and it’s in my house, it’s going in the dishwasher. Maybe only once, but that problem solved itself.
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/when-is-your-pyrex-not-the-pyrex-you-expect/
Basically pyrex spun out of Corning Glass, enshitified and use soda lime glass (shit) while Corning retained PYREX which is still high quality borosilicate glassware (often with a blueish tint).
Get measuring cups that etch the markings into the glass/pyrex instead of being painted on. You can even do the etching yourself if you’re comfortable enough handling the acid.
Oh man. I knew a guy who did acid once.
I don’t think that’s for me.
holding a diamond tipped drill in one hand and the glass in the other, losing your mind as hallucinated monsters close in around you
“Ah shit, ah fuck!”
Yeah, those things don’t go in the dishwasher. The things that look after you need to be looked after in return.
Either it’s going in the dishwasher or its sitting on the counter for weeks or maybe months
Get French Pyrex (sold in Europe). It’s better glass and the print is baked into the glass.
Cambro. They are embossed with the graduations. They are made of food grade plastic. They are made for commercial kitchens and will outlast you. You can get them at any restaurant supply store
Mmm plastic+ food = cancer
But the good news is if our doctors catch our cancer early enough it’s easily treatable 😄
Food grade plastic is still plastic and leaks.
