Shredded Cheese?

ReginaldBrontosaurus
ReginaldBrontosaurus Posts: 372 Member
in Food and Nutrition
When using a measuring cup, does the serving size (1/4 cup usually) mean loose in the cup, or somewhat compacted- as if it was solid cheese?

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  • onsugarhill
    onsugarhill Posts: 39 Member
    Do you have a food scale? That's the only way to measure shredded/chopped things accurately.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,217 Member
    This is why I weight. Cup measures of anything you can compact are so arbitrary, you could be eating 3-4 times MORE by compacting than putting in loose...
  • RobinvdM
    RobinvdM Posts: 634 Member
    Food scale it. I hate admitting it, but using the gram measurements almost always yields better results. I adjusted and now prefer it. If youre insisting on using cups, I would play it safe and go "loose" not packed.
  • ChaiSpyce
    ChaiSpyce Posts: 46
    A scale is ideal, but if you don't have one just put it in the cup without compacting or smashing it down to get more.
  • ReginaldBrontosaurus
    ReginaldBrontosaurus Posts: 372 Member
    I've been thinking about getting a scale. Thanks all!

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