I know someone weighs their crisco! Did I make everyone mad or something????
If you're saying a 1 cup stick weighs 7 ounces, wouldn't logic tell you a cup weighs 7 ounces?
I've said it before, a small kitchen scale belongs in every kitchen!
Oils and other fats are less dense than water (which is why they float). Therefore, it would be expected that a cup of Crisco would weigh less than 8 oz..
An 8 oz. measuring cup of water weighs 8 oz. for all other ingredients, depending on density, the relationship won't be quite so neat.
For example, if I remember correctly, a cup of powdered sugar weighs about 3.5 ounces.
One other thing--
According to the Crisco website, 1 T Crisco weighs 12 grams. Since there are 16 T per cup, a cup of Crisco weighs about 6 3/4 ounces. With wrapper, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it weighed 7 ounces. (Also, I doubt it was exactly 12 grams per T, so it might be 7 ounces per cup without the wrapper, even.)
Edited to say that I intentionally left out the boring calculations from grams to ounces, but if anyone really wants to see those, ask. 
Thanks all! I used a paper plate (used the tare function on my scale to reset to zero after setting it on), then glopped (DH says that is not a word ) until I got 7 ounces. Then scraped it in mixer bowl and threw away paper plate. That was easy 
Thank you all. It is always a good day when I learn something new 
I do pretty much the same thing, but I just use the (underside of the) lid of the Crisco can. Scrape the Crisco off and put the lid back on the can. I'm really lazy . . .
put me in the lazy column then, I've been doing that for years!
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