Quick measuring question

sunn_lighter
sunn_lighter Posts: 7,891 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
When you measure meat, are you supposed to measure before or after cooking? Specifically, it's for this nutrition data:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/whole-foods-organic-grass-fed-95-lean-ground-beef-203759461

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  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    Unless the package says that the info is for cooked, I go with the uncooked weight.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    I weigh it raw
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  • ruggedshutter
    ruggedshutter Posts: 389 Member
    edited June 2015
    I use this site and it has both precooked and post cooked weights. And you can usually copy and paste the description directly into MFP's database search tool and find them in the database.

    http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods
  • Bshmerlie
    Bshmerlie Posts: 1,026 Member
    I go always weigh my meats raw.
  • Gska17
    Gska17 Posts: 752 Member
    If I'm cooking for both my husband and me I'll weigh it cooked because I lose track of which piece is which in the pan (I guess I could put an onion or peppercorn on top). If I'm cooking for just myself I'll weight it raw.
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