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TRILLIANTOO
7/23/07 1:23 P
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Oh, so to very specifically answer your questions:
To get 8 oz blueberries you must weigh them.
To get 2 oz pasta, my understanding is you weigh it BEFORE it's cooked.
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TRILLIANTOO
7/23/07 1:20 P
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Yeah, ounces are confusing.
There's ounces as a weight (sometimes called "dry weight" or "oz") and ounces as a liquid (sometimes called "fluid ounces" or "fl oz") - but they're not the same.
Half a cup reads as 4 oz. But half a cup of alfalfa weighs less than half a cup of broccoli.
So, if you want the weight of something, you really do have to weigh it, and for that you would need a scale.
Although I've found some recipes that give both weight and cup measurements, which helped, but life was much easier once I got a scale.
So, whenever the recipe calls for "cups" I pull out the measuring cups.
And when the recipe calls for "ounces" or "grams" I always bring out the scale.
But then just to get confusing, sometimes a liquid will be measured in ounces - such as "8 oz coconut milk" or "4 oz water" - in that case, we're again talking about liquid measure, and for that you can use measuring cups.
It's a bit weird. But if something is liquid (like water, juice, broth), you can use the fluid oz / measuring cup method and have the right measure.
If something is dry or solid (like meat, veggies, cheese), then it's talking about weight and you need a scale.
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| how do you measure ounces and cups. if i want a cup of blueberries, do i put them i a cup or can i weigh them and have 8 ounces? the same question with pasta. do you measure 2 oz. dry or put the cooked pasta into a cup? thanks.
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TRILLIANTOO
7/18/07 9:51 P
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I was taught to weigh before cooking, because things like how long one cook varies, therefore affects the original amount.
So - if I take 1/2 lb spinach and cook it maybe I end up wtih 1/3 lb.
But maybe someone else cooks it more, and ends up wtih 1/4 lb. Or cooks it further, and ends up with 1/8 lb.
And maybe someone else doesn't cook it at all, and keeps the original 1/2 lb.
So ... with those kinds of variables (and there are other variables) I was taught to measure and count the pre-cooked weight.
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It depends how I'm going to eat it. I weigh it mostly in the state I plan to ingest it. If I'm having salad I just weigh it all. If I'm making a big pan of steamed veg I usually weigh it after cooking it.
Some of the foods in the tracker though only appear in one form or the other. For instance, red pepper (bell pepper) is only on there in its raw state. I regularly put it in either stir fry or steamed veg so I just weigh it before I cook it.
It doesn't make too much difference with most veg.
Can't help you on the meat front as I'm vegetarian!
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ETHANSMOM1030
7/17/07 7:30 P
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| When you are weighing your food such as a potato, do you weight it before of after you cook it? Same question for meat, before or after its cooked?
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