Measures and scales .. When to ?

smurfbaker
smurfbaker Posts: 31 Member
in Food and Nutrition
This may sound like an odd question but ... I can measure vegetables before cooking and they obviously measure a lot more bulk than when cooked ... Do I use the fresh or cooked measurement ... Same thing with fish and meat .... The weight scale says one thing pre cooked than cooked .. Which weight do I use when tracking my food ??

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  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member
    measure it raw....
    After cooking many foods will lose water content(weight) depending on how long and the intensity of the cooking
  • smurfbaker
    smurfbaker Posts: 31 Member
    Ok good .. That's what I have been doing
  • h9dlb
    h9dlb Posts: 243 Member
    No measure after cooked. When you cook meat it loses natural juices, blood, water and fat. If you use the pre-cooked weight you will be massively over estimating your calories and all your nutrition intake.

    Don't forget a lot of supermarkets inject meat with water to make them heavier so we pay more for it.

    For example I bought a 230g steak the other day, I like it cooked black. When I had finished cooking it, it had halved in weight. If I had used the pre-cooked weight I would have over-estimated the calories by 105 calories and the protein by 20g
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member
    No measure after cooked. When you cook meat it loses natural juices, blood, water and fat. If you use the pre-cooked weight you will be massively over estimating your calories and all your nutrition intake.

    Don't forget a lot of supermarkets inject meat with water to make them heavier so we pay more for it.

    For example I bought a 230g steak the other day, I like it cooked black. When I had finished cooking it, it had halved in weight. If I had used the pre-cooked weight I would have over-estimated the calories by 105 calories and the protein by 20g

    who says it loses fat?

    according to what? where does the energy go? does it drop down? is it broiled or fried? is it sitting in its own fat? dont you think rice gains weight after absorbing water? and how much water does it absorb? do you actually know how much it does?
    where does the blood go? I dont see blood spilling out, I see it drying up.

    they inject it with water? LOL

    Not where I buy my stuff.
  • h9dlb
    h9dlb Posts: 243 Member
    Blood, water, and fat to some extent turns to oil and evaporates. If you grill meat / George Foreman the fat runs out onto the tray below.

    I microwave rather than boil rice and it reduces in weight. All depends on how you cook your food, the length of cooking and the temperature you cook at. If you cook it in an unhealthy way i.e fry / let it sit in its own fat / roast, the weight reduction will be less.


    http://chestofbooks.com/food/science/Experimental-Cookery/Factors-Affecting-The-Losses-That-Occur-During-The-Cooking-O.html#.UaINym1qHrY

    And yes supermakets do inject meat with water

    http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Supply-Chain/Water-injected-meat-the-UK-s-latest-food-scandal

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/jul/16/supermarkets.foodanddrink

    http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-08-16/entertainment/0608150346_1_meat-enhanced-boneless
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member
    Blood, water, and fat to some extent turns to oil and evaporates. If you grill meat / George Foreman the fat runs out onto the tray below.

    I microwave rather than boil rice and it reduces in weight. All depends on how you cook your food, the length of cooking and the temperature you cook at. If you cook it in an unhealthy way i.e fry / let it sit in its own fat / roast, the weight reduction will be less.


    http://chestofbooks.com/food/science/Experimental-Cookery/Factors-Affecting-The-Losses-That-Occur-During-The-Cooking-O.html#.UaINym1qHrY

    And yes supermakets do inject meat with water

    http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Supply-Chain/Water-injected-meat-the-UK-s-latest-food-scandal

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/jul/16/supermarkets.foodanddrink

    http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-08-16/entertainment/0608150346_1_meat-enhanced-boneless
    articles are old and even with beef only 16%? Which stores? Obviously you need to stop buying from low end POS stores
    I have never prepared steak and see water spill out as I am cutting into into pockets.
    microwaving rice to reduce weight doesnt have any effect upon the nutritional value.

    George foreman the fat runs off. Do you know how much fat actually runs off? Fat has alot of water content so the weight as well. Evaporation of food in general will take away alot of the weight. google water content of meats. The water content can be most of the weight
  • DragonSquatter
    DragonSquatter Posts: 957 Member
    I measure raw unless it says cooked weight on the package label. Certain food items are labeled as "cooked" instead of raw (bacon is one).
  • h9dlb
    h9dlb Posts: 243 Member


    George foreman the fat runs off. Do you know how much fat actually runs off? Fat has alot of water content so the weight as well. Evaporation of food in general will take away alot of the weight. google water content of meats. The water content can be most of the weight

    You have just defeated you're own argument - that's precisely why you should weigh and input the cooked weight and not the raw weight!

    I just had 100g of raw mushrooms. Cooked them and the cooked weight was 50g
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member


    George foreman the fat runs off. Do you know how much fat actually runs off? Fat has alot of water content so the weight as well. Evaporation of food in general will take away alot of the weight. google water content of meats. The water content can be most of the weight

    You have just defeated you're own argument - that's precisely why you should weigh and input the cooked weight and not the raw weight!

    I just had 100g of raw mushrooms. Cooked them and the cooked weight was 50g
    How did I defeat my own argument?

    Not everyone cooks on a george foreman grill.

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