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3 ounces of ham?

MaureenH39
MaureenH39 Posts: 315 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Tonight we are having a Sams Choice spiral cut boneless ham. It is pre sliced.....the label says 150 calories for 3 ounces. I do not have a food scale and I am trying to determine how many ounces one of the slices are??? If anyone can help, I would appreciate it. :smile:

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  • ashlee954
    ashlee954 Posts: 1,112 Member
    Look on the label and see how many servings in the whole thing. If it's five then eat 1/5 the amount of the whole thing. Sometimes it takes a little eyeballin'.
  • MaureenH39
    MaureenH39 Posts: 315 Member
    Thanks! I tried that, lol It says amount of serving varies..ugh...each ham is not the same weight so that is why it says that.
  • melbaredd
    melbaredd Posts: 2
    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_big_is_3_ounces_of_meat_chicken_or_beef

    OR

    One pound of meat, like ground turkey equals 16 ounces.

    Divide the package into 4 portions and each will be about 4 ounces. Once cooked and fat is drained off it will be even closerto 3 or 3.5 ounces. Jus eyeball what it looks like for future reference. Same for a steak: IF it is a one pound porterhouse steak about 3-4 ounces will be bone and 12 or so meat. After cooking it is a bit less due to fat dripping out.

    And actually I heard that the deck of cards size referenced above is 3 ounces-NOT 6...

    http://www.aeb.org/Teacher/hentohome/activity _1.htm

    http://www.hlweekly.com/art_Nutrition.html

    FROM:
    http://caloriecount.about.com/help-idea-calculate-oz-meat-ft25177
  • ashlee954
    ashlee954 Posts: 1,112 Member
    Lol! Maybe take the weight and divide by 3 ounces to see about how many servings. Then eyeball it that way. They sure made it difficult for ya! Good luck!
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    3 oz is about the size of the palm of your hand
  • MaureenH39
    MaureenH39 Posts: 315 Member
    Thanks everyone! :flowerforyou: The deck or cards or palm of your hand is good to know....only thing is ham is not as thick as say a chicken breast. It is thin slices so bigger in size, but thin...so maybe a slice IS 3 ounces? ashlee...I thought of that just now too..the ham is 3.23lbs...round up to 3.25 would equal 52 ounces divided by 3 ounces would be 17 servings...so I will have to see how many slices are there after I get the packaging off :wink:
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