weighing pasta / noodles

MisterZ33

are the caloric details on the box relevent to pre or post boiling the noodles / pasta. the weight of the food would be heavier after boiling, though i think the quantity would be less than its raw state.

Help!

tephanies1234

I believe its pre boiling....but I'm interested in how others calculate this if they cook dinner for more than one person.

JoRocka

I believe it's dry weight. Because honestly- water weighs quiet a bit. Plus it's easier.

neanderthin

Dry weight and generally a portion is 2 ounces.

acheben

Dry weight.

When I'm making a big pot of pasta/noodles/rice, I weigh the entire amount dry and divide by the weight per portion to find out how many portions I cooked. I then weigh the entire amount after it is cooked and drained and divide that by the number of portions cooked to give me the weight of a single cooked portion.

MisterZ33

acheben wrote: »

Dry weight.

When I'm making a big pot of pasta/noodles/rice, I weigh the entire amount dry and divide by the weight per portion to find out how many portions I cooked. I then weigh the entire amount after it is cooked and drained and divide that by the number of portions cooked to give me the weight of a single cooked portion.

brilliant! thanks!

gamagem

acheben wrote: »

Dry weight.

When I'm making a big pot of pasta/noodles/rice, I weigh the entire amount dry and divide by the weight per portion to find out how many portions I cooked. I then weigh the entire amount after it is cooked and drained and divide that by the number of portions cooked to give me the weight of a single cooked portion.

I do this as well. I have found that approx. a cup of cooked spaghetti is equivalent to 2oz of dry.

Bookaholic88

I cook for me and my husband and I weight it dry and then split it into two when its cooked. Its to much effort for me to weigh it when its cooked and then weight out the portions

UnicornAmanda

1 cup of cooked pastsa= 2oz dry pasta Hope this helps!

tweekedgirl

MisterZ33 wrote: »

are the caloric details on the box relevent to pre or post boiling the noodles / pasta. the weight of the food would be heavier after boiling, though i think the quantity would be less than its raw state.

Help!

It can depend on the product, as I've seen pasta by different brands, one which has dry weight on the packet and another which has cooked weight on the packet. Annoyingly they don't always state which it is either.

As a rule of thumb for pasta though, 100g uncooked dry weight is roughly 350 cals, so you should be able to tell if the nutritional info is cooked/uncooked. If it says 100g is approx 120 cals then it'll be going off cooked weight.

Hope that helps!

Christi102012

acheben wrote: »

Dry weight.

When I'm making a big pot of pasta/noodles/rice, I weigh the entire amount dry and divide by the weight per portion to find out how many portions I cooked. I then weigh the entire amount after it is cooked and drained and divide that by the number of portions cooked to give me the weight of a single cooked portion.

That is a brilliant idea! Thank you!