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pasta question

Ainohikari
Ainohikari Posts: 14 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
When do you measure the pasta, before or after cooking? I need to know so I can track right.....

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  • LauRoxx
    LauRoxx Posts: 115 Member
    Unless you're making your own pasta, wouldn't it just say on the box whether it's measure dry or cooked?
  • Ainohikari
    Ainohikari Posts: 14 Member
    Not on the pasta I use. It says 2.0 oz per serving, about 1/8 of box.... I guess that means before,but just wanna make sure.
  • doornumber03
    doornumber03 Posts: 221 Member
    pasta is weighed raw.....its absorbs water when cooked so the weight goes up significantly.....same as rice!
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    pasta is weighed raw.....its absorbs water when cooked so the weight goes up significantly.....same as rice!

    Correct.
  • kryptonitekelly
    kryptonitekelly Posts: 335 Member
    defo before...
    weigh pasta after cooking and there's barely anything on your plate ;)
  • Ainohikari
    Ainohikari Posts: 14 Member
    Thanks. I guess my family measures it wrong all the time then!
  • littlelily613
    littlelily613 Posts: 769 Member
    I always measure mine dry too. I cut the serving in half, and it still fills up the plate with the thick veggie/tomato sauce I put it in.
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