3 cups spaghetti

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cnjg6677
cnjg6677 Posts: 177 Member
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If a recipe wants 3 cups spaghetti dry how do I measure that out
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  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
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    My go-to is to Google how many grams is one cup of dry spaghetti and pick something that looks reasonable.
  • cnjg6677
    cnjg6677 Posts: 177 Member
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    mph323 wrote: »
    My go-to is to Google how many grams is one cup of dry spaghetti and pick something that looks reasonable.

    Thank you
  • lx1x
    lx1x Posts: 38,311 Member
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    Pasta..

    https://www.thekitchn.com/what-one-serving-of-different-shapes-of-uncooked-pasta-looks-like-255518
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,464 Member
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    lx1x wrote: »
    1 cup = 8 FL. Oz..

    Umm, dry spaghetti is not a liquid so 8 fluid ounces is not relevant....
  • lx1x
    lx1x Posts: 38,311 Member
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    lorrpb wrote: »
    Umm, dry spaghetti is not a liquid so 8 fluid ounces is not relevant....

    Was thinking direct weight conversion..

    Every dry goods have different cup to oz to grams conversion.

    Hence I posted the pasta measurements link to be more accurate.





  • Redordeadhead
    Redordeadhead Posts: 1,188 Member
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    lx1x wrote: »
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Umm, dry spaghetti is not a liquid so 8 fluid ounces is not relevant....

    Every dry goods have different cup to oz to grams conversion.

    Yeah, but you wrote FLUID oz.
  • laurenq1991
    laurenq1991 Posts: 384 Member
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    There's an inexpensive tool you can buy to measure spaghetti (look up "spaghetti measurer").

  • gallicinvasion
    gallicinvasion Posts: 1,015 Member
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    Why would any recipe tell you to measure dry spaghetti in cups?! Bad recipe 🤣
  • lx1x
    lx1x Posts: 38,311 Member
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    gallicinvasion wrote: »
    Why would any recipe tell you to measure dry spaghetti in cups?! Bad recipe 🤣
    Yep.. pretty much..


  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
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    Look at the package. Does it list nutritional information by "cup"? If it does, it should also list a weight next to it. You can use that for your calculation. However, if it doesn't, you can use a general amount from an online converter. At the one I looked at, it says that 1 cup of dried spaghetti is 91 grams. So you would want to measure out 273 grams for your recipe.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,345 Member
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    Put the dry spaghetti on food scale and weigh it - 80g (dry pasta) is a decent portion size.
    Cups is a silly method not a great method to weigh anything let alone long spaghetti - imagine having to break it up to fit into cups....
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 33,969 Member
    edited February 2019
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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,403 Member
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    Count the calories of your ingredients. Look at how many calories are left. Fill those up with spaghetti in grams.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
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    i hate cup measures like that - and i always adjust my recipes to g/oz sizes - in this case - i would say a normal serving size of spaghetti is 2oz dry (56g-ish)

    in dry measure - a cup is still 8oz so you could say 8ozx3 = 24oz for your total weight
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,789 Member
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    lx1x wrote: »
    Redordeadhead wrote: »


    Yeah, but you wrote FLUID oz.

    Which is heavier.. a pound of flour or a pound of water?


    (Play jeopardy song in the background)

    Not to ruin your joke, but fluid ounces aren't a weight measurement; they're a measurement of volume. This is why the distinction matters.
  • lx1x
    lx1x Posts: 38,311 Member
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    avskk wrote: »

    Not to ruin your joke, but fluid ounces aren't a weight measurement; they're a measurement of volume. This is why the distinction matters.

    My point is... Weight will be the same no matter..

    Don't get hang up at the "fluid" part.

    Volume is measured by size.. not necessarily by weight.

    V=LxWxH

  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,789 Member
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    lx1x wrote: »
    avskk wrote: »

    Not to ruin your joke, but fluid ounces aren't a weight measurement; they're a measurement of volume. This is why the distinction matters.

    My point is... Weight will be the same no matter..

    Don't get hang up at the "fluid" part.

    Volume is measured by size.. not necessarily by weight.

    V=LxWxH

    No. The weight of 8 fluid ounces (by volume) of pasta will not be the same as 8 weighed ounces of pasta. That's the point. Because 8 fluid ounces measures volume -- size -- not weight. Eight weighed ounces of pasta is half a pound, or half a standard box, which is four servings. Eight fluid ounces of pasta, who knows? It could be a single serving; it could be three.

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