Uh-oh. Is 1/2 cup cooked rice NOT the same as 4 oz?
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CeeBeeSlim
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I thought I'd improve my measuring and read here that measuring solids was best done on a food scale; liquids in a cup. I was measuring rice in a measuring cup. But the 1/2 cup if rice in the measuring cup seemed a lot less than the 4oz of rice on the scale. Am i doing this correctly?
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1/2 C of cooked rice for me is 75 grams = 2.65 ounces.0
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Probably. There are alot of foods which will weigh much more than the measured serving would suggest. You can smoosh alot of rice into 1/2 cup.
Inversely, there are also some foods which you will get more of....shredded cheese being one for me.0 -
You can't measure solids with volume measurements.
4 ounces is not the same as 4 fluid ounces.0 -
Probably. There are alot of foods which will weigh much more than the measured serving would suggest. You can smoosh alot of rice into 1/2 cup.
Inversely, there are also some foods which you will get more of....shredded cheese being one for me.
Yes, I got a lot more sunflower seeds using the scale than I did when I used the cup.0 -
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Rice is one of those foods that should be weighed - before cooking. It will weigh different amounts depending on how much water it has absorbed.0
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Probably. There are alot of foods which will weigh much more than the measured serving would suggest. You can smoosh alot of rice into 1/2 cup.
Inversely, there are also some foods which you will get more of....shredded cheese being one for me.
^^^ this.. my 1 cup rice tend to range between 130g - 200 g depending on how i smoosh them in.. lol..0 -
I'm dense! So does that mean I should or shouldn't use the food scale for the rice? And if so, I should've used grams as a measure - not oz? I saw 1/2 cup and figured oh, that's 4 oz.0
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CeeBeeSlim wrote: »I'm dense! So does that mean I should or shouldn't use the food scale for the rice? And if so, I should've used grams as a measure - not oz? I saw 1/2 cup and figured oh, that's 4 oz.
You use a food scale, preferably before cooking the rice. And grams is the most accurate measure for solids.0 -
Four fluid ounces is half a cup, but the unit of mass called an ounce is 28 grams, rounded off. I'd measure out the half cup serving you want, then weigh it to determine your standard serving in grams. Then find a database entry for cooked rice that records the amount in either grams or 100 grams. Metric makes the math easier.0
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Because volume and weight measurements are different. A half cup is 4 fluid oz, or volume measurement. But the weight will be another matter.0
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endlessfall16 wrote: »
4oz for solid foods is not the same as 4oz for liquids. They're saying stop using measuring cups for solid foods like rice--use the scale and use grams. Use the measuring cups for liquids.0 -
Probably. There are alot of foods which will weigh much more than the measured serving would suggest. You can smoosh alot of rice into 1/2 cup.
Inversely, there are also some foods which you will get more of....shredded cheese being one for me.
^^^ this.. my 1 cup rice tend to range between 130g - 200 g depending on how i smoosh them in.. lol..endlessfall16 wrote: »
4oz for solid foods is not the same as 4oz for liquids. They're saying stop using measuring cups for solid foods like rice--use the scale and use grams. Use the measuring cups for liquids.
Now I'm confused!
I thought cup, oz was also a weight measurement unit. Why the vary?
(I'm reminded of a childhood riddle. Which is heavier: 1 kg of iron or 1 kg of cotton?)
----from googling...
Cup To Gram Conversions
Cups Grams Ounces
1/4 cup 85 g 3 oz
1/3 cup 113 g 4 oz
1/2 cup 170 g 6 oz
2/3 cup 227 g 8 oz0 -
endlessfall16 wrote: »Probably. There are alot of foods which will weigh much more than the measured serving would suggest. You can smoosh alot of rice into 1/2 cup.
Inversely, there are also some foods which you will get more of....shredded cheese being one for me.
^^^ this.. my 1 cup rice tend to range between 130g - 200 g depending on how i smoosh them in.. lol..endlessfall16 wrote: »
4oz for solid foods is not the same as 4oz for liquids. They're saying stop using measuring cups for solid foods like rice--use the scale and use grams. Use the measuring cups for liquids.
Now I'm confused!
I thought cup, oz was also a weight measurement unit. Why the vary?
(I'm reminded of a childhood riddle. Which is heavier: 1 kg of iron or 1 kg of cotton?)
----from googling...
Cup To Gram Conversions
Cups Grams Ounces
1/4 cup 85 g 3 oz
1/3 cup 113 g 4 oz
1/2 cup 170 g 6 oz
2/3 cup 227 g 8 oz
Or the mfp version....which weighs more? Fat or muscle?
Weigh 3 oz of orange juice from a measuring cup and see if it equals 85 grams on the scale. Or 3 oz of any cereal. Measuring cups for liquids. Scale for solids.0 -
Oh shoot boo...then I've been doing it wrong all this time0
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endlessfall16 wrote: »
Not necessarily.
4 oz of water is close enough to 4 fl oz to be considered equal. (It's actually 0.9587 oz/fl oz)
4 oz of molasses ... not so much.
Solid items really should never be measured by volume, but for some things you can get decent consistency. Not with squishy or irregularly shaped things (cooked rice, chopped veg, etc) because the packing of the measuring vessel is not consistent.
4 oz measures weight.
4 fl oz measures volume.
An oz measures the same as a fl oz if the density of the liquid is 1 oz/fl oz0 -
Also make sure the label states if the serving size is dry or cooked. I weighed 2oz of dry spaghetti the other night on my food scale and it was about 5oz cooked.0
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