New here, so suffer my silly question please:

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4 cups of
rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking? Also, I saw a
recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound of sphagetti - again,
cooked or uncooked.

Thanks and great newsgroup!

BQ wrote:
New here, so suffer my silly question please:

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4 cups of
rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking? Also, I saw a
recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound of sphagetti - again,
cooked or uncooked.

It usually means uncooked, but you can get a little better idea by
looking at the recipe and seeing if cooking the pasta is part of the
procedure.

Word order is also a clue. For example: "1 cup macaroni, cooked" is
not the same as "1 cup cooked macaroni". In the former case, you
measure the macaroni, then cook it. In the latter, you measure the
cooked macaroni.

Does that help?

Serene

"Serene" ha scritto nel messaggio
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BQ wrote:
New here, so suffer my silly question please:

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4 cups of
rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking? Also, I saw a
recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound of sphagetti - again,
cooked or uncooked.

It usually means uncooked, but you can get a little better idea by looking
at the recipe and seeing if cooking the pasta is part of the procedure.

Word order is also a clue. For example: "1 cup macaroni, cooked" is not
the same as "1 cup cooked macaroni". In the former case, you measure the
macaroni, then cook it. In the latter, you measure the cooked macaroni.

I'm pretty sure if it mentions weight it means dry weight. Common sense can
also help. If the recipe says it serves four, then four cups of macaroni
raw is going to make way too much once it is cooked. Otherwise, listen to
Serene.

On Tue 22 Apr 2008 11:01:52a, BQ told us...

New here, so suffer my silly question please:

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4 cups of
rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking? Also, I saw a
recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound of sphagetti - again,
cooked or uncooked.

Thanks and great newsgroup!

In the case of the spaghetti pie, it's 1 pound of uncooked spaghetti. (I
submitted the recipe.)

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"Giusi" wrote:
"Serene" ha scritto nel .. . BQ wrote:
New here, so suffer my silly question please:

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4 cups of
rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking? �Also, I saw a
recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound of sphagetti - again,
cooked or uncooked.

It usually means uncooked, but you can get a little better idea by looking
at the recipe and seeing if cooking the pasta is part of the procedure.

Word order is also a clue. �For example: "1 cup macaroni, cooked" is not
the same as "1 cup cooked macaroni". �In the former case, you measure the
macaroni, then cook it. In the latter, you measure the cooked macaroni.

I'm pretty sure if it mentions weight it means dry weight. �Common sense can
also help. �

If the recipe says it serves four, then four cups of macaroni
raw is going to make way too much once it is cooked. �

That's not true, one cup of cooked rigatoni is a child's portion, it's
mostly air. I don't think any recipe is going to list uncooked
rigatoni (or any pasta) by volume. I would consider any recipe that
lists pasta by volume highly suspect... even small (soup) pasta is
listed by weight.

"BQ" wrote

New here, so suffer my silly question please:

Welcome! Some of us are sane g.

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4 cups of
rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking? Also, I saw a
recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound of sphagetti - again,
cooked or uncooked.

Normally for pastas, they mean dry weight or volume unless they say so. If
it says 'fresh pasta' they mean cooked weight/volume.

Thanks and great newsgroup!

Yeah, don't get upset when you meet some of the knuckleheads g.

"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
3.184...
On Tue 22 Apr 2008 11:01:52a, BQ told us...

New here, so suffer my silly question please:

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4 cups of
rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking? Also, I saw a
recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound of sphagetti - again,
cooked or uncooked.

Thanks and great newsgroup!

In the case of the spaghetti pie, it's 1 pound of uncooked spaghetti. (I
submitted the recipe.)

Thanks Wayne - I was referring to your recipe when asking as I saw it and
plan on making it very soon - it looks awesome!

Now the only other issue I will have is converting a pound over to metric,
but I can figure that one out!

On Tue 22 Apr 2008 05:42:26p, BQ told us...


"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
3.184...
On Tue 22 Apr 2008 11:01:52a, BQ told us...

New here, so suffer my silly question please:

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4 cups
of
rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking? Also, I saw a
recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound of sphagetti -
again,
cooked or uncooked.

Thanks and great newsgroup!

In the case of the spaghetti pie, it's 1 pound of uncooked spaghetti.
(I
submitted the recipe.)

Thanks Wayne - I was referring to your recipe when asking as I saw it and
plan on making it very soon - it looks awesome!

Now the only other issue I will have is converting a pound over to
metric,
but I can figure that one out!

28.5 grams. Hope you enjoy it. It's really tasty!

Regarding the conversion, I use a little freeware program called convert
that will convert almost anything to anything. You can get it here...

http://joshmadison.com/software/convert/

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Wayne Boatwright
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Tuesday, 04(IV)/22(XXII)/08(MMVIII)
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Today is: Earth Day
Countdown till Memorial Day
4wks 5dys 4hrs 15mins
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Wayne Boatwright wrote in
3.184:

On Tue 22 Apr 2008 05:42:26p, BQ told us...


"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
3.184...
On Tue 22 Apr 2008 11:01:52a, BQ told us...

New here, so suffer my silly question please:

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4
cups
of
rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking? Also, I
saw a recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound of
sphagetti -
again,
cooked or uncooked.

Thanks and great newsgroup!

In the case of the spaghetti pie, it's 1 pound of uncooked
spaghetti.
(I
submitted the recipe.)

Thanks Wayne - I was referring to your recipe when asking as I saw it
and plan on making it very soon - it looks awesome!

Now the only other issue I will have is converting a pound over to
metric,
but I can figure that one out!

28.5 grams. Hope you enjoy it. It's really tasty!

Regarding the conversion, I use a little freeware program called
convert that will convert almost anything to anything. You can get it
here...

http://joshmadison.com/software/convert/


A pound is close enough to 500grams. A kilogram is 2.2 lbs therefore 500
grams is 1.1 pounds...it's not rocket science.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

A man in line at the bank kept falling over...when he got to a teller he
asked for his balance.

In article SBvPj.83635$rd2.55562@pd7urf3no,
"BQ" wrote:

Now the only other issue I will have is converting a pound over to metric,
but I can figure that one out!

~454g.
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor
She's had good news! Hurrah!

In article 4,
Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Tue 22 Apr 2008 05:42:26p, BQ told us...


Now the only other issue I will have is converting a pound over to
metric,

28.5 grams. Hope you enjoy it. It's really tasty!

That's an ounce.
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor
She's had good news! Hurrah!

BQ wrote:

"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
3.184...
On Tue 22 Apr 2008 11:01:52a, BQ told us...

New here, so suffer my silly question please:

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4 cups of
rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking? Also, I saw a
recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound of sphagetti - again,
cooked or uncooked.

Thanks and great newsgroup!

In the case of the spaghetti pie, it's 1 pound of uncooked spaghetti. (I
submitted the recipe.)

Thanks Wayne - I was referring to your recipe when asking as I saw it and
plan on making it very soon - it looks awesome!

Now the only other issue I will have is converting a pound over to metric,
but I can figure that one out!

About 500 g for ease, but more like 454 g to get a little closer to
reality

On Tue 22 Apr 2008 08:31:24p, hahabogus told us...

Wayne Boatwright wrote in
3.184:

On Tue 22 Apr 2008 05:42:26p, BQ told us...


"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
3.184...
On Tue 22 Apr 2008 11:01:52a, BQ told us...

New here, so suffer my silly question please:

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4
cups of rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking?
Also, I saw a recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound
of sphagetti - again, cooked or uncooked.

Thanks and great newsgroup!

In the case of the spaghetti pie, it's 1 pound of uncooked
spaghetti. (I submitted the recipe.)

Thanks Wayne - I was referring to your recipe when asking as I saw it
and plan on making it very soon - it looks awesome!

Now the only other issue I will have is converting a pound over to
metric, but I can figure that one out!

28.5 grams. Hope you enjoy it. It's really tasty!

Regarding the conversion, I use a little freeware program called
convert that will convert almost anything to anything. You can get it
here...

http://joshmadison.com/software/convert/


A pound is close enough to 500grams. A kilogram is 2.2 lbs therefore 500
grams is 1.1 pounds...it's not rocket science.


Oops, so sorry! I had entered 1 ounce into the Convert program, not 16
ounces (1 pound). One pound converts to exactly 453.5924 grams.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Tuesday, 04(IV)/22(XXII)/08(MMVIII)
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Today is: Earth Day
Countdown till Memorial Day
4wks 5dys 1hrs 50mins
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'Nobody loves me but my mother, and
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On Tue 22 Apr 2008 08:59:41p, Melba's Jammin' told us...

In article 4,
Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Tue 22 Apr 2008 05:42:26p, BQ told us...


Now the only other issue I will have is converting a pound over to
metric,

28.5 grams. Hope you enjoy it. It's really tasty!

That's an ounce.

Yes, and my apologies. In my haste I just entered "1" into the program,
not "16". It's actually 453.5924 grams.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Tuesday, 04(IV)/22(XXII)/08(MMVIII)
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Today is: Earth Day
Countdown till Memorial Day
4wks 5dys 1hrs 50mins
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'Nobody loves me but my mother, and
she may be jivin', too.'
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On Tue 22 Apr 2008 09:09:05p, Arri London told us...



BQ wrote:

"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
3.184...
On Tue 22 Apr 2008 11:01:52a, BQ told us...

New here, so suffer my silly question please:

When making a recipe, for example, baked rigatoni, it asked for 4
cups of rigatoni - now is that before cooking or after cooking?
Also, I saw a recipe here for sphagetti pie, it asked for a pound of
sphagetti - again, cooked or uncooked.

Thanks and great newsgroup!

In the case of the spaghetti pie, it's 1 pound of uncooked spaghetti.
(I submitted the recipe.)

Thanks Wayne - I was referring to your recipe when asking as I saw it
and plan on making it very soon - it looks awesome!

Now the only other issue I will have is converting a pound over to
metric, but I can figure that one out!

About 500 g for ease, but more like 454 g to get a little closer to
reality


Right, I screwed up my first reply by entering the wrong figure.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Tuesday, 04(IV)/22(XXII)/08(MMVIII)
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Today is: Earth Day
Countdown till Memorial Day
4wks 5dys 1hrs 45mins
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You can't teach people to be lazy.
Either they have it or they don't.
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