Measuring Leaf Vegetables

Doug said...

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I have a recipe that calls for 4 cups coarsely chopped cabbage.

Can anyone give me a rough approximation how many ounces that would be.
Any tips for converting cups of leaf vegetables would be helpful.

thanks,
Doug

That could mean 4 cups loosely OR firmly packed.

Hard to say which. It sounds like a recipe omission.

Andy

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I have a recipe that calls for 4 cups coarsely chopped cabbage.

Can anyone give me a rough approximation how many ounces that would be.
Any tips for converting cups of leaf vegetables would be helpful.

Just wing it! Or put your leafy vegetables in your measuring cup, four
times,
without smashing down!

Doug said:

I have a recipe that calls for 4 cups coarsely chopped cabbage.

Can anyone give me a rough approximation how many ounces that would be.  
Any tips for converting cups of leaf vegetables would be helpful.

First you need to define "coarsely chopped"... how coarse/fine are you
talking? It would really help if you post your entire recipe...
without knowing what it is you're making and the quantities of the
other ingredients all anyone can offer is wild speculation. I'll take
a wild stab you're talking cole slaw.

cretinous...

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Quoted message said:

I have a recipe that calls for 4 cups coarsely chopped cabbage.

Can anyone give me a rough approximation how many ounces that would be.
Any tips for converting cups of leaf vegetables would be helpful.

Just wing it! Or put your leafy vegetables in your measuring cup, four
times,
without smashing down!

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Doug said:

I have a recipe that calls for 4 cups coarsely chopped cabbage.

Can anyone give me a rough approximation how many ounces that would be.
Any tips for converting cups of leaf vegetables would be helpful.

That is just so aggravating--- at least until you become adept at
winging it with recipes. It's like "2 large onions". When I think
"large onion", I'm usually thinking round onions at least 4" in
diameter. But I bet that's not how others define them. Then there's
cloves of garlic where clove size can vary significantly with the type
of garlic, especially hard neck vs. small neck varieties. I just throw
in garlic to taste and that's usually more than most recipes specify.

Emma

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Doug said:

I have a recipe that calls for 4 cups coarsely chopped cabbage.

Can anyone give me a rough approximation how many ounces that would be.
Any tips for converting cups of leaf vegetables would be helpful.

That is just so aggravating--- at least until you become adept at
winging it with recipes. It's like "2 large onions".

No it isn't. A cup is a cup. ??

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Quoted message said:

I have a recipe that calls for 4 cups coarsely chopped cabbage.

Can anyone give me a rough approximation how many ounces that would
be. Any tips for converting cups of leaf vegetables would be
helpful.

That is just so aggravating--- at least until you become adept at
winging it with recipes. It's like "2 large onions".

No it isn't. A cup is a cup. ??

I think Emma's talking about the recipes that don't specify, let's say, 2
cups onion, but 2 large onions. I've got an onion sitting on my table right
now that is about 5" across, and I'm not kidding! It's HUGE. It's got to
be one of the largest I've ever seen. Is the recipe asking for 2 of those?
I doubt it!

kili

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I have a recipe that calls for 4 cups coarsely chopped cabbage.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Can anyone give me a rough approximation how many ounces that would be.
Any tips for converting cups of leaf vegetables would be helpful.

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That is just so aggravating--- at least until you become adept at
winging it with recipes.  It's like "2 large onions".

No it isn't. A cup is a cup. ??

Actually an A cup is more like an ounce.

Sheldon

kilikini said:

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> I have a recipe that calls for 4 cups coarsely chopped cabbage.

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> Can anyone give me a rough approximation how many ounces that would
> be. Any tips for converting cups of leaf vegetables would be
> helpful.

Quoted message said:

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That is just so aggravating--- at least until you become adept at
winging it with recipes.  It's like "2 large onions".

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No it isn't. A cup is a cup. ??

I think Emma's talking about the recipes that don't specify, let's say, 2
cups onion, but 2 large onions.  I've got an onion sitting on my table right
now that is about 5" across, and I'm not kidding!  It's HUGE.  It's got to
be one of the largest I've ever seen.  Is the recipe asking for 2 of those?
I doubt it!

Those would be specified as Double D Sweets. LOL

The USDA has a chart that specifies onion size in inches through its
largest diameter. I posted it more than once but don't feel like
looking right now. But when a recipe calls for for onions by volume
unless it also specifies how cut (ie. 1/4" dice) then it's a
nonsensical direction.

Sheldon

kilikini said:

I think Emma's talking about the recipes that don't specify, let's say, 2
cups onion, but 2 large onions. I've got an onion sitting on my table right
now that is about 5" across, and I'm not kidding! It's HUGE. It's got to
be one of the largest I've ever seen. Is the recipe asking for 2 of those?
I doubt it!

It sounds like your onion is " super colossal" sized - which is larger
than "large" and (I just found out) large is really called "jumbo" in
onion terminology.
http://www.potandon.com/ss_onion_info.htm
http://www.onions-usa.org/about/season.asp

Thankfully, onion is one of those things you don't have to measure
exactly. 2 large onions gives you an idea of the amount the author
liked but you can adjust it up or down according to your own taste.

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Doug said:

I have a recipe that calls for 4 cups coarsely chopped cabbage.

Can anyone give me a rough approximation how many ounces that would be.
Any tips for converting cups of leaf vegetables would be helpful.

See section 2.7.5 of the rec.food.cooking FAQ.

Victor

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I have a recipe that calls for 4 cups coarsely chopped cabbage.

Can anyone give me a rough approximation how many ounces that would be.
Any tips for converting cups of leaf vegetables would be helpful.

If you put the cabbage in the same type of measuring cup normally used for
measuring liquids, and filled the measuring cup to the 1 cup line four
times, that would be about 32 ounces, depending on the actual size of the
pieces of chopped cabbage.

(1 cup = 8 ounces.)

Daniel W. Rouse Jr. said:

If you put the cabbage in the same type of measuring cup normally used for
measuring liquids, and filled the measuring cup to the 1 cup line four
times, that would be about 32 ounces, depending on the actual size of the
pieces of chopped cabbage.

(1 cup = 8 ounces.)

Nonsense... you need to specify volume or weight, you cannot use
liquid measure for cabbage... 1 cup of chopped cabbage will definitely
not weigh 1/2 pound. This is actually a stupid topic, any recipe
specifying prepped produce by volume should be ignored

"kilikini" wrote

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I think Emma's talking about the recipes that don't specify, let's
say, 2 cups onion, but 2 large onions. I've got an onion sitting on
my table right now that is about 5" across, and I'm not kidding!
It's HUGE. It's got to be one of the largest I've ever seen. Is the
recipe asking for 2 of those? I doubt it!

kili

Depending on the recipe, maybe, maybe not. ;-)
Maybe three! <eg>

BOB

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"kilikini" wrote

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I think Emma's talking about the recipes that don't specify, let's
say, 2 cups onion, but 2 large onions. I've got an onion sitting on
my table right now that is about 5" across, and I'm not kidding!
It's HUGE. It's got to be one of the largest I've ever seen. Is the
recipe asking for 2 of those? I doubt it!

kili

Depending on the recipe, maybe, maybe not. ;-)
Maybe three! <eg>

BOB

You evil man! LOL.

Hugs,

kili

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BOB said:

"kilikini" wrote

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I think Emma's talking about the recipes that don't specify, let's
say, 2 cups onion, but 2 large onions. I've got an onion sitting
on my table right now that is about 5" across, and I'm not
kidding! It's HUGE. It's got to be one of the largest I've ever
seen. Is the recipe asking for 2 of those? I doubt it!

kili

Depending on the recipe, maybe, maybe not. ;-)
Maybe three! <eg>

BOB

You evil man! LOL.

Did I ever tell ya that I like onions?

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Hugs,

(gentle) Hugs, back to ya.

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kili

BOB