Four new potatoes the size of golf balls

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nooboots
nooboots Posts: 480 Member
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Any idea what the calories might be, I dont eat potatoes usually so cant rely on my instinct. Im thinking 150g?

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 33,968 Member
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    Close enough. Potatoes are pretty low cal. 150g = 108 cals.
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
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    This is why I love my food scale. <3
  • nooboots
    nooboots Posts: 480 Member
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    lbsansouci wrote: »
    This is why I love my food scale. <3

    Me too, but this was in a restaurant.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 9,979 Member
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    I don't play golf, but Google tells me the minimum diameter of a regulation golf ball, per the USGA, is 1.68 inches.

    One 2 1/2" diameter (round) boiled potato is 118 calories, per the USDA.

    Assuming the density of a potato is fairly consistent throughout and doesn't vary significantly with the size of the potato,

    4 (potatoes) X .84 X .84 [square of the radius of a golf ball or the potatoes in question] / 1.25 X 1.25 [square of radius of potatoes used in USDA database entry] X 118 [calories per potato in USDA database entry] = 213 calories for your four potatoes

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