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Measuring Pasta

ccclifford
ccclifford Posts: 4
edited February 16 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm eating gluten free pasta and want to know, for tracking purposes, do I measure it uncooked or cooked?

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  • ChrisM8971
    ChrisM8971 Posts: 1,067 Member
    Pasta is best weighed uncooked because it never seems to absorb the same amount of water twice in a row.

    This is more difficult when you cook the pasta for more than one person, in which case I tend to weigh it all uncooked and all after cooking to get an accurate figure for the difference
  • ccclifford
    ccclifford Posts: 4
    Perfect, thanks for letting me know! :)
  • ChrisM8971
    ChrisM8971 Posts: 1,067 Member
    Your very welcome
  • AshCash803
    AshCash803 Posts: 35
    Uncooked.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    I'm eating gluten free pasta and want to know, for tracking purposes, do I measure it uncooked or cooked?
    You don't measure, you weigh. What does the package/box say? I think it is usually weight uncooked but I could be wrong.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Always weigh it uncooked.

    And if cooking for multiple people, the trick is to weigh it all dry, then weigh it cooked and divide by the portions.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Always weigh it uncooked.

    And if cooking for multiple people, the trick is to weigh it all dry, then weigh it cooked and divide by the portions.

    ^
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