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Weighing foods

Laine
Laine Posts: 82 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
How do you measure foods like cherries and watermelon? Do you weigh out 8 oz for a cup or do you use an actual measuring cup? Am I overthinking stuff like that?

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  • astridfeline
    astridfeline Posts: 1,200 Member
    I actually count the cherries since they have a pit. For watermelon, I weigh it and use grams.
    8 (liquid) oz for a cup is different from 8 dry weight ounces--very confusing!! Here's a great conversion calculator if you ever need one:

    http://www.curezone.com/conversions.asp
  • expressbug
    expressbug Posts: 100
    8 Fluid oz = 1 cup not 8 weight oz

    So you just fill the measure cup to the one cup line for strawberries, watermelon and any other fruit or veggie you measure.

    Hope this helps.
  • Nelski
    Nelski Posts: 1,607 Member
    I weigh everything.
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