1/4" cube of cheese

Byantha
Byantha Posts: 27 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I want to record my cheese, but am not sure what is exactly meant by the 1/4" cube of cheese measurement when I do a search for Black Diamond old Cheddar Cheese. It's 120 calories so I want to be sure! If 1/4" wide, then how long? the whole width?

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  • starjumper12
    starjumper12 Posts: 64
    i would assume that a 1/4" cube would be 1/4" x 1/4" x 1/4"

    i don't cube my cheese for sandwiches, so i weigh it.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    just buy a digital scale and weigh everything. that way you know its correct.
  • Countryboy_
    Countryboy_ Posts: 618
    A cube is the same dimension in height, width, and depth. Hence, A CUBE!
  • risenonlytofall
    risenonlytofall Posts: 74
    It means 1/4" on each side. A cube is a square.
  • ChangingAmanda
    ChangingAmanda Posts: 486 Member
    Usually the measurement needs to be the same on all 3 sides to be considred a cube.
  • Countryboy_
    Countryboy_ Posts: 618
    just buy a digital scale and weigh everything. that way you know its correct.

    Great idea. Can I borrow a sawbuck?
  • Countryboy_
    Countryboy_ Posts: 618
    It means 1/4" on each side. A cube is a square.

    Actually a square is two dimensional, and a cube is three dimensional. A cube is not a square.
  • TerminatorFRS86
    TerminatorFRS86 Posts: 61 Member
    go by grams...its easier...the whole brick is x amount...so divide it up accordingly...a lil kitchen scale will be awesome for this if you want to be very accurate!
  • BogQueen1
    BogQueen1 Posts: 320 Member
    Guessing it comes in a block and they are referring to a slice of cheese cut from the block that is a quarter inch thick.

    I personally would weigh it and go by what's on the package, put in a new entry if you need.

    Or. Cheese for the most part is cheese, and an ounce has about 100-110 calories most ways you spin it for cheddar.
  • Melo1966
    Melo1966 Posts: 881 Member
    1/4" cube is frickin tiny.
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    I want to record my cheese, but am not sure what is exactly meant by the 1/4" cube of cheese measurement when I do a search for Black Diamond old Cheddar Cheese. It's 120 calories so I want to be sure! If 1/4" wide, then how long? the whole width?

    a cube is a three dimensional square, so all sides need to be 1/4 inch.

    that's all.
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    I want to record my cheese, but am not sure what is exactly meant by the 1/4" cube of cheese measurement when I do a search for Black Diamond old Cheddar Cheese. It's 120 calories so I want to be sure! If 1/4" wide, then how long? the whole width?

    120 cals for a 1/4 inch cube of cheese???!!!! you might want to recheck that.
  • Countryboy_
    Countryboy_ Posts: 618
    go by grams...its easier...the whole brick is x amount...so divide it up accordingly...a lil kitchen scale will be awesome for this if you want to be very accurate!

    A pound of sharp cheddar weighs more than a pound of gouda. True story.
  • maricash
    maricash Posts: 280 Member
    go by grams...its easier...the whole brick is x amount...so divide it up accordingly...a lil kitchen scale will be awesome for this if you want to be very accurate!

    Exactly. If you don't have a scale this is the best way to do it. If the package says 8 servings, just cut it into 8 equal pieces. 120 calories for a 1/4 inch cube sounds high. A 120 calorie serving for the cheeses that I eat is usually more of a 1 inch cube.
  • JezzD1
    JezzD1 Posts: 431
    It means 1/4" on each side. A cube is a square.

    Actually a square is two dimensional, and a cube is three dimensional. A cube is not a square.

    And math wins again ;-)
  • Linda_Darlene
    Linda_Darlene Posts: 453 Member
    I want to record my cheese, but am not sure what is exactly meant by the 1/4" cube of cheese measurement when I do a search for Black Diamond old Cheddar Cheese. It's 120 calories so I want to be sure! If 1/4" wide, then how long? the whole width?

    120 cals for a 1/4 inch cube of cheese???!!!! you might want to recheck that.

    That is what I was thinking. No piece of cheese that small is worth 120 calories! $25 will get you a great digital food scale. That way you can know for sure!
  • risenonlytofall
    risenonlytofall Posts: 74
    It means 1/4" on each side. A cube is a square.

    Actually a square is two dimensional, and a cube is three dimensional. A cube is not a square.
    I'm sorry, I should have specified that a cube merely looks like a square on each side. How silly of me.
  • baker150
    baker150 Posts: 112 Member
    It's 1 AND 1/4" cube! I weigh mine but if you just slice a piece off the brick about half an inch that works out to be the same.
  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    go by grams...its easier...the whole brick is x amount...so divide it up accordingly...a lil kitchen scale will be awesome for this if you want to be very accurate!

    A pound of sharp cheddar weighs more than a pound of gouda. True story.
    And a pound of muscle?? :bigsmile:
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    What the hell have I just read?
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    It means 1/4" on each side. A cube is a square.

    Actually a square is two dimensional, and a cube is three dimensional. A cube is not a square.

    and a tesseract is the four-dimensional analog of the cube

    avengers-tesseract.jpg
  • mmachick2011
    mmachick2011 Posts: 55 Member
    That cheese is 120 calories for one ounce. And ounce is approximately the length of your thumb if you are eyeballing' it.

    I use my scale constantly. (I get more! I have small hands... haha)
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    What the hell have I just read?

    CHEESE SCIENCE!
  • Countryboy_
    Countryboy_ Posts: 618
    It means 1/4" on each side. A cube is a square.

    Actually a square is two dimensional, and a cube is three dimensional. A cube is not a square.

    and a tesseract is the four-dimensional analog of the cube

    avengers-tesseract.jpg

    Wow. I think I just moved in my pants.....
  • Byantha
    Byantha Posts: 27 Member
    Ya, 1/4" cube is very tiny! And duh! on me! a cube is 1/4 x 1/4 x 1/4 x 14. Honestly sometimes I feel like an idiot! 120 calories in a little smidgeon of cheese. Never really paid attention to it until I started recording.
  • MaryBeth321
    MaryBeth321 Posts: 16 Member
    I just read in Scientific American that calorie counts on food labels are horridly incorrect for all foods. The reasoning they gave is that different people get different calories from any food. I might get 100 calories from a 1" block of cheese and somebody else will get 180 calories from the same cheese.

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