Raw they show 1 cup at 5.53 gram. Steamed or poached 10.98 gram. This may have been discussed, but what am I missing? How can you steam 5.5 carbs and turn them into 11?
Cooking food usually reduces its volume. (A notable exception is popcorn.) If you take a cup of raw mussels (5.53 grams of carb) and steam or poach them, you will end up with about half a cup of cooked mussels whose carb count will still be 5.53 grams. Therefore it would take two whole cups of raw mussels (11 grams) to make one cup of cooked mussels (11 grams).
In most cases cooking doesn't alter the carb or calorie count by very much. It does reduce the volume considerably however, which means you end up with essentially the same carbs and calories packed into a smaller volume.
The same thing happens to a lot of frozen fruit and veggies. I went nuts trying to figure out why 1 cup of frozen strawberries had a lot more carbs than 1 cup of fresh strawberries in FitDay until I realized that the count for frozen meant they had been thawed thereby compacting them. Since I measure my berries while they're still frozen, I count them as fresh when entering them in FitDay.
Opinicus said:
Cooking food usually reduces its volume. (A notable exception is popcorn.) If you take a cup of raw mussels (5.53 grams of carb) and steam or poach them, you will end up with about half a cup of cooked mussels whose carb count will still be 5.53 grams. Therefore it would take two whole cups of raw mussels (11 grams) to make one cup of cooked mussels (11 grams).
In most cases cooking doesn't alter the carb or calorie count by very much. It does reduce the volume considerably however, which means you end up with essentially the same carbs and calories packed into a smaller volume.
