One SPOON of MAYO?! O.o (pics)
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The spoon you are using is for eating not for measuring. I would say get measuring spoons but even those are not accurate. If you really want to be accurate, go spend 20 bucks at Target on a digital scale....it will change your life!0
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To the poster who scoffed at wanting to be this accurate...it IS a big deal with a dietary goal of 1200 cal vs a man's 2500 calories. There is a study that concluded that overweight women tend to understimate their intake by over 20%. That's 240 calories (of a 1200 calorie diet), which can severely limit or even stall one's weight loss. So yes, it is important.0
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So, what's 1tbsp of mayo?! I'm so confused. How do you meassure that? Don't get me wrong I like how nearly all foods are to find in our database but some of the meassurements really annoy/confuse me. Lately, I've been putting too much mayo on my diary than what I actually ate, due to being scared that I might put too little on it. (later on I meassured everything myself and now I'm certain ^^)...
But, what do you considder being 1tbsp? I've fooled around with some pics and these are the two options I've thought about:
This one I found the most obvious, since it's with top and if I read from an recipe - I would count tbsp with top...
... Buuuut then I started counting this way, that a spoon had to be topped off - I'd rather put too much calories on my diary, than too little and avoid cheating so I started thinking that it was rather 2spoons than one I had and so on. I was to horrible wrong...
So people - how do you think about meassurements? Do you ALWAYS meassure your food correctly or do you stick to many of the premades in here? And how do YOU define one TBSP? Have a nice day.
If in doubt, buy a set of measuring spoons. Problem solved!0 -
A measuring spoon. lol... or just go with mustard!0
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thanks for all the tips about the scale. i've wanted to get one. i didn't know the measure spoon/ or cups would not be completely accurate.0
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To answer your question, it's the 2nd pitcure.
However, weighing it is the best way. And, much less than you think. When I started weighing everything I was surprised at how little a serving is. For example, 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, is not 2 tablespoons of peanut butter. It's something less.0 -
yep I use measuring spoons myself and I like the mayo with olive oil saves on some calories0
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To the poster who scoffed at wanting to be this accurate...it IS a big deal with a dietary goal of 1200 cal vs a man's 2500 calories. There is a study that concluded that overweight women tend to understimate their intake by over 20%. That's 240 calories (of a 1200 calorie diet), which can severely limit or even stall one's weight loss. So yes, it is important.
So to the OP, I'll echo the sentiments of the smarter ones - get a digital scale, weigh your food. You can find mayo listed in grams in the database, and it seems that "1tbsp" is around 13 grams according to many of the listings I checked. 15g for 1tbsp is for water, so other substances may be a little different.0 -
That would be a level tablespoon, a heaped one is obviously heaped! But a tablespoon is 15g and I think it'd be slightlymore than that. As people have said though, a gram +/- won't be a huge thing if you're being careful everywhere
The measurement that gets me is cups....what the hell is a cup? (sorry to answer a question with a question!)
a cup is 8 ounces.
Surely a cup is a measure of volume rather than weight, so a cup of marshmallows would weigh less than a cup of nuts, for example0 -
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When measuring out a tablespoon, I use the measuring spoon that says "1 TBSP".0
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I honestly don't measure anything. I eyeball it and go. I've been known to measure a cup of milk, but only because I love it and will be much too liberal with it. But other than that, I'm guesstimating.0
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If I counted as one "spoon" of mayo the amount I can pile on a soup spoon it would probably be a quarter of a cup. (I love that *kitten*)
But the nutrition information doesn't say "spoon" it says "tbsp". "tbsp" is a tablespoon. It is always leveled.
See people! This is what happens when we cut electives like home economics in schools!0 -
Food scale. Use grams. Case closed!0
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A tablespoon is a measurement, just like a cup. Get some measuring spoons.
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THIS
A tablespoon is an actual measurement.of volume. 15ml is the metric equivalent. It is not the amount what we call a tablespoon and use on our tables is.0 -
Measuring spoons - i find it confusing because our tablespoons are a different size in the UK anyway from what I hear...
1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons = 1/16th of a cup = 0.5 ounces
But i agree with the guy who said that it's not THAT important to have it down to a science. I think if you get up and go to the bathroom three times, you burned off that extra little bit of mayo!0 -
If I counted as one "spoon" of mayo the amount I can pile on a soup spoon it would probably be a quarter of a cup. (I love that *kitten*)
But the nutrition information doesn't say "spoon" it says "tbsp". "tbsp" is a tablespoon. It is always leveled.
See people! This is what happens when we cut electives like home economics in schools!
OMG. I have a girl crush on you!0 -
Yeah a tablespoon is normally 15g / 15ml. But i always use these measuring spoons just in case.
It is only 15g for water and things similar to water. Something denser will weight more for a tablespoon and something that is less dense will weigh less.0 -
Your jar of mayo must have it's own nutritional label with measurements that are familiar to you. Compare that to the database entry.0
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When measuring out a tablespoon, I use the measuring spoon that says "1 TBSP".
I don't know why you find it necessary to always be using your common sense.0
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