{"id":220,"date":"2007-02-21T15:28:37","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T20:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/02\/21\/oxo-mini-measuring-cup\/"},"modified":"2007-02-21T15:28:37","modified_gmt":"2007-02-21T20:28:37","slug":"oxo-mini-measuring-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/02\/21\/oxo-mini-measuring-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"OXO Mini Measuring Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2007\/02\/oxo.jpg\" title=\"oxo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2007\/02\/oxo.thumbnail.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"oxo.jpg\" title=\"oxo.jpg\" id=\"image449\" class=\"image\" \/><\/a>Ms Swanky got me the larger cup version of this item for Christmas. It is made so that you can read the measurements from the top, rather than having to squat down and peek at it from the side. I later discovered they make a small version which is marked in 1\/2 ounces. This is ideal for mixing drinks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00021Q0CO?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=theswankpad-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00021Q0CO\">I highly recommend you click here and get yourself one.<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=theswankpad-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B00021Q0CO\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms Swanky got me the larger cup version of this item for Christmas. It is made so that you can read the measurements from the top, rather than having to <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/02\/21\/oxo-mini-measuring-cup\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[536],"tags":[520,252],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cocktail-capers","tag-cocktails","tag-mixology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-3y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":303,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/10\/30\/simple-sypur-screw-that-sht-inverted-sugar\/","url_meta":{"origin":220,"position":0},"title":"Simple Syrup? 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