Boil-in-a-bag rice... wth?

Francl27
Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
in Food and Nutrition
So I bought some rice for my upset stomach. A serving is 48g dry (about 1 cup cooked), which you can't really measure because it's, you know, in a bag. So I cooked a bag, measured the rice cooked, took a portion out, measured that... checked the box to see the calories per bag... and I'm just totally super confused. There are 4 bags, and approximately 9 servings in the box..

WTH? So I guess I'm having a totally random amount of rice for lunch. Woohoo.

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  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    So I bought some rice for my upset stomach. A serving is 48g dry (about 1 cup cooked), which you can't really measure because it's, you know, in a bag. So I cooked a bag, measured the rice cooked, took a portion out, measured that... checked the box to see the calories per bag... and I'm just totally super confused. There are 4 bags, and approximately 9 servings in the box..

    WTH? So I guess I'm having a totally random amount of rice for lunch. Woohoo.

    Is your question why it's more than 48g? Are you factoring in water the rice has been hydrated with
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    No, my question is how am I supposed to know how many grams are in a bag when there are 4 bags and 'approximately' 9 servings.
  • doIlhands
    doIlhands Posts: 349 Member
    No, my question is how am I supposed to know how many grams are in a bag when there are 4 bags and 'approximately' 9 servings.

    Easy. Look at the box to check the total amount of grams in it and divide that by 4. Tada!
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    Clearly it's 2 servings per bag plus a BONUS serving. Each bag is 2.25 servings. Half a bag is 1.125 servings.
  • Yooperm35
    Yooperm35 Posts: 787 Member
    if there are 9 servings per box and 4 bags . . . and a serving is approximately 1 cup - then there are 2¼ cups per bag
  • Michaelsdin
    Michaelsdin Posts: 146
    i wish i paid more attention in math class.....
  • mamosh81
    mamosh81 Posts: 409 Member
    food scale
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I think people missed the 'approximately' part lol. But I guess I'll go with it.

    I should have added that there's no way there's 2.25 cups cooked in a bag either... Bleh.
  • Yooperm35
    Yooperm35 Posts: 787 Member
    I think people missed the 'approximately' part lol. But I guess I'll go with it.

    I should have added that there's no way there's 2.25 cups cooked in a bag either... Bleh.

    this is why you WEIGH food, not measure, unless it's liquid. Food settles, if it was all fluffed up, it'd be a cup, a cup is 8oz on a food scale - measure it out - this is the depressing part about servings it always looks better in the measuring cup, and is way over when you plop it on the scale
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I think people missed the 'approximately' part lol. But I guess I'll go with it.

    I should have added that there's no way there's 2.25 cups cooked in a bag either... Bleh.

    this is why you WEIGH food, not measure, unless it's liquid. Food settles, if it was all fluffed up, it'd be a cup, a cup is 8oz on a food scale - measure it out - this is the depressing part about servings it always looks better in the measuring cup, and is way over when you plop it on the scale

    Yeah I usually weigh everything, but as I said, you can't weigh the rice in the bag because there's the bag too, when it's uncooked, so it would give messed up results anyway. Bah, it's not like I'm going to meet my goal today anyway as I can't eat much.
  • baileysmom4
    baileysmom4 Posts: 242 Member
    Go get some steamfresh rice. It comes in white, brown and a mix with veggies. There are 2 servings in a bag. Easy and delicious and fast!
  • froeschli
    froeschli Posts: 1,292 Member
    1 part rice, 2 parts water - i'd just cut the bag open and cook it the way it should be done :-)
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    IN for figuring out the solvation of this bags to servings conundrum while eating some popcorn.....err well actually....

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    (honestly if it were me, and I were trying to figure that out, post illness...there'd be rice all over the kitchen by now.)
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    I think people missed the 'approximately' part lol. But I guess I'll go with it.

    I should have added that there's no way there's 2.25 cups cooked in a bag either... Bleh.

    this is why you WEIGH food, not measure, unless it's liquid. Food settles, if it was all fluffed up, it'd be a cup, a cup is 8oz on a food scale - measure it out - this is the depressing part about servings it always looks better in the measuring cup, and is way over when you plop it on the scale

    she can't WEIGH it cause it's in the bag!
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Go get some steamfresh rice. It comes in white, brown and a mix with veggies. There are 2 servings in a bag. Easy and delicious and fast!

    She's SICK, she don't wanna go anywhere!
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    1 part rice, 2 parts water - i'd just cut the bag open and cook it the way it should be done :-)

    But the bags are so cute, and they costed the extra money for the convenience of them, not using them would be like throwing good money after bad.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    I think people missed the 'approximately' part lol. But I guess I'll go with it.

    I should have added that there's no way there's 2.25 cups cooked in a bag either... Bleh.

    I KNOW that would be like...

    fred-and-ricky-cook-rice-o.gif
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Well you aren't going to eat the bag so you have to take the rice out at some point. Weigh it in the bag and out of the bag and subtract the difference.



    But honestly, I will be shocked if your scale registers a difference.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    i wish i paid more attention in math class.....

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMZT_5bFn0qG1dl8lq1iiUt6ysSdtvW1RVYPdu1uVfTPCwPDVw

    that guy and his friend laughing at this problem over rice.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    No, my question is how am I supposed to know how many grams are in a bag when there are 4 bags and 'approximately' 9 servings.

    Easy. Look at the box to check the total amount of grams in it and divide that by 4. Tada!

    She makes it sound all gee it's so easy a cat could do it
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVprsJiz7b6xFTZn1cOPVesNkpDwpB9FwJWiM0skyj-z8hZYTxOg

    but so then that gives you the grams right? One fourth of the total in grams? For a half a bag? But then how much is that in cups. Wait, does MFP have a dry grams rice measure? If so, this MAY BE YOUR ANSWER OP!
  • Yooperm35
    Yooperm35 Posts: 787 Member



    she can't WEIGH it cause it's in the bag!

    She can CUT the bag open . . . spoon out some of the rice into a bowl on a scale to weigh it - voila - weighed!
    save what's not eaten for later.

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