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Default Protein grams and portion control??? Pastorio?

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> Need some help here, if you are trying to estimate protein grams and
> calorie counts for dietary restriction, do you weigh the meat raw or
> cooked?
>

Raw.

> What do you do about bone-in chicken and meat weight estimates?
>

I've never done that. When on my diet in 2004, the only chicken I had
was chicken breast (fillet, no skin).

> I'm grilling some chicken drumsticks, what is the meat weight versus the
> bone weight?
>
> I know I can just de-bone the cooked meat and weigh it by itself... ;-)
> I'll have to wait until they cool enough to do that.
>
> But the first question still remains!
>
> Thanks!