1/4 lb (115g) sliced mushrooms?

[Poutine]

How much do you think 115g (1/4lb) of sliced mushrooms would work out to in cups?

Thanks

 

[Uncle Bob]

Miss Poutine...

Some where around 1 to 1 1/2 cups loosely packed.

 

[Poutine]

Thank you Uncle Bob!

 

[Uncle Bob]

Miss Poutine..

The way I arrived at that amount was this..I bought a bag of sliced mushrooms a while back. Somehow they ended up in the freezer.

Anyways, I went into the kitchen got them out.. weighed 1/4 lb of them and dumped them in a cup. Very scientific!! Now when I think about it if they were "fresh" not frozen they probably would not take up as much volume/space as the frozen ones did...So my numbers my be high.

So what are you cooking??

 

[Poutine]

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for my Chinese (actually more Vietnamese) dinner http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f21/chinese-dinner-32887.html

 

[Uncle Bob]

Miss Poutine...

Ok I just weighed 1/4 lb of white button mushrooms..most just avg size. you are looking at 8 or 9 mushrooms..

Sounds Yummy...And you said dinner was at what time??

 

[Poutine]

Dinner is around 7pm.
If you leave on a plane now you might make it up here.
Bring your jacket it was -22C (~-8F) this morning.

 

[Uncle Bob]

Miss Poutine..

Regretfully ma'am, I will have to decline your kind offer for dinner this evening. As I gave my pilot a long week-end off, I will be unable to enjoy what promises to be an excellent meal. Thank you for your warm hospitality and invitation. I do pray that you will have plenty of excellent Kentucky Bourbon to warm yourself and your guest.

Seriously, I hope all goes well with your dinner. It does sound fun!

 

[Poutine]

That was very nice of you to give you pilot time off.
What long weekend is it?

 

[Uncle Bob]

Miss Poutine..

The young man wanted time off to visit his parents..So nothing special about the long week-end. Fri-Mon. I was happy to accomadate him on his request.

 

[Candocook]

If you visualize an 8oz. package of sliced mushrooms that you see in the supermarket, it is about at the 1-1 1/2C that has been mentioned. That said, mushrooms cook down so much, more could not hurt!!

 

[Poutine]

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[auntdot]

Yes Poutine, but you are mixing volume and weight.

16 fluid oz of water (volume) weighs about a pound, lb, weight (a pint is a pound the world around).

But mushrooms ain't water. Their density is less than water and there is a lot of air between mushrooms. So a pint of mushrooms will weight significantly less than a lb.

Yes it is confusing. But I don't think we are going to change any time soon.

 

[Poutine]

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