Measuring leaf vegetables

Doug said:

I've got a number of recipes that call for 1 or more cups of some leafy
vegetable such as lettuce, spinach, arugula etc. How much is 1 cup, how
firmly do you pack it etc.

Is there a weight measurement that I could use?

Use common sense.

With fresh greens I don't think exact quantity is of any consequence,
rather consider the recipe and quantity on hand... I mean if a quiche
recipe calls for say 12 ounces of spinach and you have a pound you're
not going to put four ounces back in the fridge where it'll likely rot
before being used, whereas by the same token if all you have is an 8
ounce package you're not going to dismiss preparing the quiche. With
ingredient amounts the real dictator is common sense. Anyone who needs
to follow a recipe exactly and measure everything precisely really has
no business in the kitchen... shoulda been a pharmacist.

Sheldon

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Doug said:

I've got a number of recipes that call for 1 or more cups of some leafy
vegetable such as lettuce, spinach, arugula etc. How much is 1 cup, how
firmly do you pack it etc.

Is there a weight measurement that I could use?

Use common sense.

With fresh greens I don't think exact quantity is of any consequence,
rather consider the recipe and quantity on hand... I mean if a quiche
recipe calls for say 12 ounces of spinach and you have a pound you're
not going to put four ounces back in the fridge where it'll likely rot
before being used, whereas by the same token if all you have is an 8
ounce package you're not going to dismiss preparing the quiche. With
ingredient amounts the real dictator is common sense. Anyone who needs
to follow a recipe exactly and measure everything precisely really has
no business in the kitchen... shoulda been a pharmacist.

G'day Shels, me old mate. That's a great line of yours above! :-)

Cheers, Phred.

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Sheldon said:

Doug said:

I've got a number of recipes that call for 1 or more cups of some
leafy vegetable such as lettuce, spinach, arugula etc. How much is 1
cup, how firmly do you pack it etc.

Is there a weight measurement that I could use?

Use common sense.

With fresh greens I don't think exact quantity is of any consequence,
rather consider the recipe and quantity on hand... I mean if a quiche
recipe calls for say 12 ounces of spinach and you have a pound you're
not going to put four ounces back in the fridge where it'll likely rot
before being used, whereas by the same token if all you have is an 8
ounce package you're not going to dismiss preparing the quiche. With
ingredient amounts the real dictator is common sense. Anyone who
needs to follow a recipe exactly and measure everything precisely
really has no business in the kitchen... shoulda been a pharmacist.

G'day Shels, me old mate. That's a great line of yours above! :-)

Cheers, Phred.

Since leafy is airy, I wash it and spin dry then I weight out "one or
more cups" in oz. not by volume.

Andy

Andy said:

Since leafy is airy, I wash it and spin dry then I weight out "one or
more cups" in oz. not by volume.

You're circumventing the OP's question with a non answer... how pray
tell do you equate volume to weight with leafy veggies???

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(Phred) said:

In article <[email hidden]>, "Sheldon"

Quoted message said:

Doug said:

I've got a number of recipes that call for 1 or more cups of some leafy
vegetable such as lettuce, spinach, arugula etc. How much is 1 cup, how
firmly do you pack it etc.

Is there a weight measurement that I could use?

Use common sense.

With fresh greens I don't think exact quantity is of any consequence,
rather consider the recipe and quantity on hand... I mean if a quiche
recipe calls for say 12 ounces of spinach and you have a pound you're
not going to put four ounces back in the fridge where it'll likely rot
before being used, whereas by the same token if all you have is an 8
ounce package you're not going to dismiss preparing the quiche. With
ingredient amounts the real dictator is common sense. Anyone who needs
to follow a recipe exactly and measure everything precisely really has
no business in the kitchen... shoulda been a pharmacist.

G'day Shels, me old mate. That's a great line of yours above! :-)

Cheers, Phred.

Totally agree!

Who was it that has it in their sig:

"You want to measure or you want to cook?"
It's become one of my favorite kitchen sayings. ;-)
I rarely, if ever, measure anything unless I'm baking.
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Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Sheldon said:

Andy said:

Since leafy is airy, I wash it and spin dry then I weight out "one or
more cups" in oz. not by volume.

You're circumventing the OP's question with a non answer... how pray
tell do you equate volume to weight with leafy veggies???

Actually I think Andy answered it perfectly.

Use weight instead of volume when trying to measure fresh greens.

I agree.
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Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Quoted message said:

Andy said:

Since leafy is airy, I wash it and spin dry then I weight out "one or
more cups" in oz. not by volume.

You're circumventing the OP's question with a non answer... how pray
tell do you equate volume to weight with leafy veggies???

You'll never be able to pack (firm, dence, compacted) leafy for the same
recipe the same twice. Packed is a bad measure. Let's just leaf it at that.
😉

Andy

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

Andy said:

Since leafy is airy, I wash it and spin dry then I weight out "one or
more cups" in oz. not by volume.

You're circumventing the OP's question with a non answer... how pray
tell do you equate volume to weight with leafy veggies???

Actually I think Andy answered it perfectly.

Use weight instead of volume when trying to measure fresh greens.

You didn't read the OP either., leastways you did not comprehend it.

Sheldon

Andy said:

"Sheldon" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:1142952661.918226.230060
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Quoted message said:

Andy said:

Since leafy is airy, I wash it and spin dry then I weight out "one or
more cups" in oz. not by volume.

You're circumventing the OP's question with a non answer... how pray
tell do you equate volume to weight with leafy veggies???

You'll never be able to pack (firm, dence, compacted) leafy for the same
recipe the same twice. Packed is a bad measure.

Read the OP, read slowly, try not to move your lips.

Sheldon

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Sheldon said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

Andy wrote:
>
> Since leafy is airy, I wash it and spin dry then I weight out "one or
> more cups" in oz. not by volume.

You're circumventing the OP's question with a non answer... how pray
tell do you equate volume to weight with leafy veggies???

Actually I think Andy answered it perfectly.

Use weight instead of volume when trying to measure fresh greens.

You didn't read the OP either., leastways you did not comprehend it.

Sheldon

I never saw the original post...
Not 100% of messages appear on my server.
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Peace, Om.

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