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Dried Beans

ChicagoVeggie
ChicagoVeggie Posts: 18 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Has anyone else noticed a huge discrepency between dried beans measured by a measuring cup and by weight? I understand that measuring cups aren't great for solid food, but dried beans aren't something you can easily "pack" into a cup or heap up by accident, and environmental moisture shouldn't have a significant influence on their volume like with flour. For reference, the serving size on these beans is One Cup (100 grams). Here is 100 grams in a one cup measuring cup...

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