Measuring rice...

AlyssaNorth
AlyssaNorth Posts: 57 Member
in Food and Nutrition
how would you measure cooked rice. is it packed rice or scoop the rice in the cup orrrrr....
ps i dont have the option to measure it before its cooked.

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  • IveLanded
    IveLanded Posts: 797 Member
    if you can't measure it before then how are you measuring it after?

    I don't pack it because, well, who does that? I actually usually use a 1/4 cup measuring cup and just scoop it out with that. Once I did that enough times, I could pretty much eyeball a good 1/4 cup, which is about as much as I have with any given meal. But yeah...don't pack it.
  • AlyssaNorth
    AlyssaNorth Posts: 57 Member
    if you can't measure it before then how are you measuring it after?

    I don't pack it because, well, who does that? I actually usually use a 1/4 cup measuring cup and just scoop it out with that. Once I did that enough times, I could pretty much eyeball a good 1/4 cup, which is about as much as I have with any given meal. But yeah...don't pack it.


    i cant measure it before becuase it will be mixed in with my husbands rice. he will not make seperate rice.
  • zaph0d
    zaph0d Posts: 1,172 Member
    weigh it
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    weigh it

    This
  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
    i cant measure it before becuase it will be mixed in with my husbands rice. he will not make seperate rice.
    Sigh. Measure the whole thing dry, and then if you take 1/2 or 1/4 of the whole dish, you know how much it was.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    if you measure first you will know the total in the pot, then measure the total in your pot, then measure your portion as a % of that total. so if 1 cup dry yields 3 cups cooked, and you eat 1 cup you ate 1/3 of the 1 cup dry.
  • ems1583
    ems1583 Posts: 150 Member
    I only measure it when its cooked and per cup, like mine I always have 3/4 cup cooked rice, it should be in there on the nutrition label :smile:
  • AlyssaNorth
    AlyssaNorth Posts: 57 Member
    i cant measure it before becuase it will be mixed in with my husbands rice. he will not make seperate rice.
    Sigh. Measure the whole thing dry, and then if you take 1/2 or 1/4 of the whole dish, you know how much it was.

    good call. that is what ill do

    i cant weigh it. i dont have a scale. i want one...but my husband hates little apliences in his kitchen...we dont even have a coffee pot (i have it at work)
  • Anna800
    Anna800 Posts: 639 Member
    I think 1/4 cup dry = 1/2 cup cooked.
  • Car0lynnM
    Car0lynnM Posts: 332 Member
    i cant measure it before becuase it will be mixed in with my husbands rice. he will not make seperate rice.
    Sigh. Measure the whole thing dry, and then if you take 1/2 or 1/4 of the whole dish, you know how much it was.

    good call. that is what ill do

    i cant weigh it. i dont have a scale. i want one...but my husband hates little apliences in his kitchen...we dont even have a coffee pot (i have it at work)
    I would get a scale anyway, if you're serious about calorie counting. It's critical. He'll get over it. My scale is tiny. He wouldn't even notice it.
  • zaph0d
    zaph0d Posts: 1,172 Member
    i cant measure it before becuase it will be mixed in with my husbands rice. he will not make seperate rice.
    Sigh. Measure the whole thing dry, and then if you take 1/2 or 1/4 of the whole dish, you know how much it was.

    good call. that is what ill do

    i cant weigh it. i dont have a scale. i want one...but my husband hates little apliences in his kitchen...we dont even have a coffee pot (i have it at work)

    Sorry
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    Gosh, seems pretty unreasonable for a spouse to insist that the other spouse can't have a kitchen scale.

    Maybe you could store one out of the way and just get it out to use it when needed? Mine is no bigger than a book, and it only cost $25.
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    New husband
  • AlyssaNorth
    AlyssaNorth Posts: 57 Member
    its not that he DOESNOT let me have stuff...its just he complains about stuff. when we got married should should have heard all the times he threatened to throw my george forman away. i think i will go buy a scale today! =]
  • hughtwalker
    hughtwalker Posts: 2,213 Member
    a food weighing scale isn't a gadget, nor an 'appliance' - it is a tool. Surely, you are allowed tools in the kitchen?
    How else could you cook?

    PS 'His' kitchen? hmmm?
  • IveLanded
    IveLanded Posts: 797 Member
    i cant measure it before becuase it will be mixed in with my husbands rice. he will not make seperate rice.
    Sigh. Measure the whole thing dry, and then if you take 1/2 or 1/4 of the whole dish, you know how much it was.

    good call. that is what ill do

    i cant weigh it. i dont have a scale. i want one...but my husband hates little apliences in his kitchen...we dont even have a coffee pot (i have it at work)

    who the hell is this dude that you married!???
  • AlyssaNorth
    AlyssaNorth Posts: 57 Member
    a food weighing scale isn't a gadget - it is a tool. Surely, you are allowed tools in the kitchen?
    How else could you cook?

    PS 'His' kitchen? hmmm?

    great way to put it. and yes...his kitchen. i dont cook. i just mess stuff up! =]

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