Dan Abel > wrote:
> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>> Wouldn't it be simpler to just measure this in terms of
>> calories of carbohydrates, rather than relying on inexact
>> terminologies like "cups of cooked pasta" and "portions"?
>I think that would be too complicated. People can visualize a cup of
>cooked pasta.
I can't; I never measure cooked pasta by volume. I know what
2 oz of cooked penne looks like, but I'm not sure it's a cup.
Also there's a lot of variation in how densely one could pack
cooked pasta into a measuring cup.
Steve