How to measure pasta

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dizzy7
dizzy7 Posts: 2 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am unsure how to measure pasta. When it says 2oz, is that 2oz cooked?

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  • mrcconway
    mrcconway Posts: 27
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    I found this on yahoo answers


    Pasta comes in 1 pound boxes. It says that there are 8 servings. So That would be 2 ounces per servings. So it is obviously the uncooked weight. Hope that helps.
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
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    No, it is 2 oz uncooked. This is something I find really frustrating. If it is just my wife and I, then it is easy to just weigh 4 oz and throw it in the pot.

    But I often make larger casseroles to last the week and that involves cooking up the whole package or even more. It would be helpful to have the listed weight of a cooked serving--I don't know, maybe there is too much variation in the cooked weight.

    This provides an unending source of entertainment for my wife, but I solve the problem by taking the entire pot of cooked, drained pasta, weighing it, and then dividing the total by the number of servings listed on the box (usually 8 or 9). Then I weigh each serving again as I put it on the plate.

    If I was really smart, I'd keep a list. :ohwell:
  • feistygirl09
    feistygirl09 Posts: 525
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    This is a question I am always asking myself too!!!

    I also do the same for oatmeal. Uncooked is half the amount of cooked so it can make a big difference when you are doing portion control!! For instance 1/2 c uncooked will be 1 c cooked...

    I find I have to figure out a whole recipe sometimes just to figure out one serving. I try to make sure I write it down when I do so I wont have to keep doing it over & over again.:flowerforyou:

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