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capnananda
capnananda Posts: 29 Member
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Should you weigh your meat before or after you cook it?

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  • msl22
    msl22 Posts: 31
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    before.. i use a scale and always add raw in the search to ensure that I get the correct info
  • Kirstie_C26
    Kirstie_C26 Posts: 490 Member
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    id say both lol bcos the meat reduces after cooking :)
  • firefly6382
    firefly6382 Posts: 7
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    unless the packaged says the serving size is cooked, I weigh mine before cooking. Don't really know if that's right so would love to hear what other people have to say.
  • clahut
    clahut Posts: 211 Member
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    I almost always weigh it before I cook it as I'm pretty sure the nutritional info given on most of the packs is based on the uncooked weight.

    The only time I don't do that is when I have cooked a roast - then I have to weigh it cooked after carving.
  • RockaholicMama
    RockaholicMama Posts: 786 Member
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    Before you cook it :)
  • neelia
    neelia Posts: 750 Member
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    Before unless stated on the package
  • jhardenbergh
    jhardenbergh Posts: 1,035 Member
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    I always weigh out after, because that's what the people that run the program at the Hospital say to do to insure that we get the proper nutrition out of it. You will be surprised how much it actually shrinks when cooking, my wife cooked some porkchops and they shrunk from 15 oz down to 8 oz and we need to eat 6 oz of lean protein each day

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