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Calculating Butcher Meats?

lbmarshall23
lbmarshall23 Posts: 33 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
How can I calculate butcher meats? For example, we have stuffed mushrooms and I'm not exactly sure how much of each ingredient is in there and the label doesn't provide that information. Normally I would just guess but I'm trying to be more accurate with counting calories. Thank you!

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  • midge_m
    midge_m Posts: 1,085 Member
    edited January 2016
    do you have a general idea of what type of stuffing is in them? If so I would just weigh one of the mushrooms and use that as the amount of filling.. example, if it is sausage and cheese stuffed and weighs 2oz, count as 1 oz sausage and 1 oz cheese. The mushroom itself can be a freebie.

    Sometimes all you can do is guess.
  • allyphoe
    allyphoe Posts: 618 Member
    Sometimes you have to guess.

    Also, why is a stuffed mushroom "butcher meats"?
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    This is why its easier to just cook from scratch. All you can do is estimate....i always over estimate to hopefully make up for any errors.
  • midge_m
    midge_m Posts: 1,085 Member
    allyphoe wrote: »
    Sometimes you have to guess.

    Also, why is a stuffed mushroom "butcher meats"?

    I think she means something made at the store and sold out of the meat section. That's why I assumed they are mushrooms with ground meat.
  • lbmarshall23
    lbmarshall23 Posts: 33 Member
    Well we get them from the butcher shop and yea they are stuffed with ground beef and cheese.

    Normally i cook from scratch but my fiancee parents eat pre-made meals from the butcher shop so when we're invited over I'm not sure how to calculate which is pretty often. But thanks everyone! I suppose I'll just try to weigh them and over compensate to be safe!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Can you ask the butcher for ingredients list
  • CaffeinatedConfectionist
    CaffeinatedConfectionist Posts: 1,046 Member
    This will not be particularly helpful with something like stuffed mushrooms - for something like that I agree with previous posters to try to estimate the calorie content, which I typically do by taking an average of the similar items in the food database - but for actual cuts of meats and things of that nature I find the USDA food list to be extremely helpful: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list

    They do have some pre-made foods listed, and it tends to be my go-to source for anything I don't make myself
  • lbmarshall23
    lbmarshall23 Posts: 33 Member
    Thank you! Yea there's ingredients but not the amounts. I think I will ask to see if I can get to a more accurate amount
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