Re: Addendum to my post: 'Found something very interesting'

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/18/04 1:18:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

kcredden@... writes:

I just found the carbs on these guys. 21 g! OUCH! No wonder I spiked

so badly.

Where did you find this? On thi USDA site:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ I found that 1 cup of cooke

shiitakes cut into pieces has 14

grams of carbs. That would be a large amount of mushrooms!!! Most mushrooms

have

about 5 grams of carbs per cup, raw. What else was in your salad?

Stacey

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In a message dated 9/18/04 10:50:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

whimsy2@... writes:

>

>I would point out that weight (gram) measure is much more accurate than

>cup measure.

>>>>>>>

I have a small digital scale, but find it useful to look at things as cups

and portions thereof because my eye is bette at estimating a cup or half cup or

quarter cup than it is at estimating 50 grams. I don't have any idea of what

50 grams of something looks like, but I do know what a half cup looks like. I

use the scale to measure ounces, for the most part.

And while using grams will give a more accurate measure, I find measusring

things day after day is not something I'm going to do - brings back way too many

dieting memories that are neither pleasant nor helpfu. YMMV of course.

Stacey

[Guest guest]

I would point out that weight (gram) measure is much more accurate than

cup measure. When you use a cup, there are spaces between the food

items, no matter how much you smush them together. The Salter scale I

mentioned earlier weighs in ounces as well as grams. No, I don't have

any financial interest in Salter -- wish I did -- just a happy customer.

I did a google search under Salter digital kitchen scales and there are

a lot of entries but here's the URL for basically the same scale I have:

http://www.baldmountaincoffee.com/page/BMCC/PROD/Coffee_Scales/SALTER_2006/AFFIL\

IATE/FROOGLE

Vicki

Re: Addendum to my post: 'Found something very

interesting'

> In a message dated 9/18/04 1:18:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> kcredden@... writes:

> I just found the carbs on these guys. 21 g! OUCH! No wonder I spiked

> so badly.

> Where did you find this? On thi USDA site:

> http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ I found that 1 cup of

cooke shiitakes cut into pieces has 14

> grams of carbs. That would be a large amount of mushrooms!!! Most

mushrooms have

> about 5 grams of carbs per cup, raw. What else was in your salad?

>

> Stacey

>

[Guest guest]

Stacey wrote:

> On thi USDA site: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ I found

> that 1 cup of cooke shiitakes cut into pieces has 14 grams of

> carbs. That would be a large amount of mushrooms!!!

Shiitakes are denser than many mushrooms.

The USDA site quoted:

Mushrooms, shiitake, cooked, with salt - 1 cup pieces, 145 g

21 g carb (OK, 20.71 g - close enuf)

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cgi-bin/list_nut_edit.pl

A difference in weight would occur between the following:

1) measure 1 cup of raw mushroom pieces, then cook

2) cook mushroom pieces then measure 1 cup of them

Sandy

[Guest guest]

Well, yes...I can appreciate that. I have no negative baggage about

weight issues, so I find the precision of weighing out food items quite

satisfying. Makes me feel a lot more secure about getting my insulin

dose absolutely correct.

Vicki

Re: Addendum to my post: 'Found something very

interesting'

>

> In a message dated 9/18/04 10:50:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> whimsy2@... writes:

> >

> >I would point out that weight (gram) measure is much more accurate

than

> >cup measure.

> >>>>>>>

>

> I have a small digital scale, but find it useful to look at things as

cups

> and portions thereof because my eye is bette at estimating a cup or

half cup or

> quarter cup than it is at estimating 50 grams. I don't have any idea

of what

> 50 grams of something looks like, but I do know what a half cup looks

like. I

> use the scale to measure ounces, for the most part.

>

> And while using grams will give a more accurate measure, I find

measusring

> things day after day is not something I'm going to do - brings back

way too many

> dieting memories that are neither pleasant nor helpfu. YMMV of

course.

>

> Stacey

>

>