Baked potatoes

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Paul699
Paul699 Posts: 41 Member
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Hi guys, when weighing a baked potatoe , do u weigh it before or after cooking as the weight can change significantly and what's lost I presume is the 0 cal water content in the baking process.

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  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
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    Either.

    Just choose the correct database entry.

    As with all these things raw will have the slighter degree of accuracy but nothing to really worry about either way.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    Paul699 wrote: »
    Hi guys, when weighing a baked potatoe , do u weigh it before or after cooking as the weight can change significantly and what's lost I presume is the 0 cal water content in the baking process.

    log it raw, weigh it raw, log it cooked, weigh it cooked...

    personally i log cooked, but that's just me!
  • cs2thecox
    cs2thecox Posts: 533 Member
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    Agreed - the only change is water loss, but you do need to pick the correct database entry.
    I'd tend to err on the side of raw.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
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    I weigh raw because it's easy to just make a stop at the scale on the way to the oven but as said either is fine if the correct entry is used.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
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    Either just make sure you use the database entry that matches the state you weighed it in.

    I usually weigh the potato before I cook it.

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