Pasta Measurements...

[Tom Treutlein]

Okay, something here confuses me. I'm using pasta as a source of carbs. A lot of it. So I want to make sure I'm eating the amount I need.

Now, I buy the bags/boxes by the lb. 1 lb. = 16 oz.

A serving on most of them says 2 oz. (56g)

This box of penne pasta says a serving size is 1/2 cup (56g)

Now, isn't 1/2 a cup = 4 oz.? A cup is 8 oz. Or is there a difference between liquid and solid measurement?

56 g = 2 oz, though, roughly.

1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams

So what gives? Is it a misprint? Which is right? The box has 8 servings, and is a 16 oz. box, so I would think 2 oz. is accurate, and the 1/2 cup is a typo...?

 

[COLD238]

go with 2 0z.thats all i use on any pastas.i dont eat pasta anymore becuase i am in the last bit of my cutting stage and it was making me feel fat.

 

[jenscats5]

The box goes by dry, uncooked measurements.....2 oz dry = about 1 cup cooked

 

[Tom Treutlein]

A friend was trying to tell me that 2 oz. wagon wheels (example) wasn't the same as 2 oz. of spaghetti, because of the air spaced between them was different.

What the hell is he talking about? 2 oz. is 2 oz.

 

[wtlftr]

use rice. Long grain and brown. why pasta. Stick with natural, not man made. To answer your question. One serving of pasta is the size of your fist (uncooked)

 

[chewyxrage]

A friend was trying to tell me that 2 oz. wagon wheels (example) wasn't the same as 2 oz. of spaghetti, because of the air spaced between them was different.

What the hell is he talking about? 2 oz. is 2 oz.

well your friend is right if he was talking about using a cup to measure ounces. there is a difference between a cup of liquid and a cup of pasta. the liquid will occupy every bit of space in the cup while rotini or whatever will have open space throughout the cup. I had problems with this when I started eating pasta, too...and made a thread about it.

Now I just use a scale. do you have one? what kind of pasta are you eating, if it's rotini I'll weigh it out, then pour it in a cup and tell you how full it is.....