Weighing pasta/spaghetti?

dave_in_ni

Do you weigh before or after cooking? I ask because 100g of wholemeal pasta ends up almost 200g after boiling.

malibu927

Always before

rennickm1986

The weight on the package is before. Just weigh it after cooking and assume that weight is double it's raw amount

KorvapuustiPossu

Always before since the weight after cooking will depend on how much water it absorbs and it won't always be the same.

Wynterbourne

Before. All of my packages say dry weight on label. You don't weigh it after because the after weight will vary depending on how long you boil it. The longer you boil it the more water it will absorb.

mauriziovecchione234

Weigh before cooking always. I am italian and i know very well pasta.

Zewwy

But if you're making a big pot of pasta for your family, and you weigh it before, how do you know what portion for yourself?

Do you take out a portion that weighs double what you want the uncooked portion to be?

pebble4321

You can do either.
Just use the appropriate entry in the database: "pasta, dry" or "pasta, cooked".

charlieandcarol

Say you cook 400g of dry pasta. Get the calories for 400g of pasta. Then divide your cooked pasta up into portions. If you divided into 4 portions, divide the calories by 4. If you divide into 2 portions, divide total calories by 2 and so on. Otherwise if you can be bothered you could cook your serving of pasta separately.

Gallowmere1984

Zewwy wrote: »

But if you're making a big pot of pasta for your family, and you weigh it before, how do you know what portion for yourself?

Do you take out a portion that weighs double what you want the uncooked portion to be?

Either weigh and cook yours separately, or accept that there may be some inaccuracy, and preferably err on the side of caution.

Zewwy

Thank you!