Carefully pour the hot oil into a glass measuring cup, leaving as many of the browned particles in the pan as possible.

NPR: The Comforts of Food

And now here he was on Roasted Pork Tenderloin night with his dried cranberries and his apples and his big damn cookbook, and he was holding a measuring cup up to the light, pouring wine precisely to the three-quarters mark, and he glanced over and saw the expression on my face.

CNN: Husband quietly captures the kitchen

And at the highest level one follower succeeded in straightening the noodles out, discovering in his cup eight strands 2mm in diameter and measuring 40cm (16 inches), evidently extruded with perfect uniformity, and cut into perfect lengths.

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