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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