Originally Posted by
Walter S
I *could* take a coffee mug. Right now my coffee mug and my cooking pot are the same 20 oz stainless steel container. It's hard to visually remember what 8 oz looks like in that. It won't hurt to take a little plastic cup with lines on it though.
So use a measuring cup at home to put 8 oz. of water in it and then scratch a little line at that level. I've done that with my cooking pot so it has lines at .5, 1, 1.5, 2, and 3 cup levels.