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Cakepro
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Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:14 pm |
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Hi ~
I want to try Steady2Hands' strawberry cake recipe, which calls for a 1/2 pint of frozen strawberries.
I have a huge bag of Dole frozen strawberries in the freezer and need to know how much a pint of frozen strawberries weighs.
Googling yielded vastly different answers (from 8 ounces per pint to 16 ounces per pint).
I know the saying, "A pint's a pound the world around" but I would really ADORE somebody if they looked in their freezer for a package of frozen strawberries that has both the amount by volume and the weight so I know fo' sho' how much to add to the recipe.
Thanks bunches!!
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KoryAK
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Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:40 pm |
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Dunno, but "A pint's a pound the world around" only applies to a few things (milk, water, eggs) |
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MaisieBake
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Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:13 pm |
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Get out a measuring cup and measure out 8 ounces volume of frozen strawberries. |
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indydebi
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:32 pm |
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I know the saying, "A pint's a pound the world around" |
A pint of nails or a pint of feathers?  |
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Cakepro
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:24 pm |
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That saying refers to liquid measurements. |
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Cakepro
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:26 pm |
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For anybody's future reference, I went with 10 ounces of frozen strawberries by weight = 1 pint. The strawberry cake recipe turned out fine. I haven't tasted it yet but it looks and smells wonderful, and it baked darn near perfectly level.
Here's the recipe if anyone is interested: http://forum.cakecentral.com/c.....-Cake.html
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indydebi
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:39 pm |
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| Cakepro wrote: | | That saying refers to liquid measurements. |
oops!  THanks for clarifying! |
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Mike1394
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:43 pm |
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| MaisieBake wrote: | | Get out a measuring cup and measure out 8 ounces volume of frozen strawberries. |
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MaisieBake
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:38 pm |
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What's confusing, Mike? Ounces can refer to volume or weight. (Eight ounces of feathers take up a lot more volume than eight ounces of cast iron.) |
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Cakepro
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Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:56 am |
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Because only 4 strawberries fit in a one-cup dry measuring cup, I was relatively sure the recipe called for the berries by weight, not by volume. 8 ounces of strawberries by volume was vastly less than 8 ounces of strawberries by weight.
And actually, I should have gone by 12 ounces of strawberries by weight = 1 pint = 3 1/2 cups by volume...but using just 10 ounces instead of 12 in the recipe (I doubled it) worked just dandy. |
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KoryAK
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Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:21 pm |
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Well, "pint" is definitely volume, not weight. One pint of water weighs 16 oz, not 12 and i 4 cups by volume. I'm sure "pint" in a strawberry recipe refers to the containers they come in at the store... which doesn't help you  Seems like you got it figured out tho. |
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Cakepro
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Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:54 pm |
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Yes, but the recipe called for 1/2 a pint, and I have a 3 pound bag, hence my asking how much a pint of strawberries weighs. I hate measuring items such as that by volume - and with it being a recipe that I've never made before, I wanted precision. |
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Mike1394
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Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:21 am |
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| MaisieBake wrote: | | What's confusing, Mike? Ounces can refer to volume or weight. (Eight ounces of feathers take up a lot more volume than eight ounces of cast iron.) |
Yeah, but wasn't the OP looking for a pint? Was she supposed to measure twice?
In this case it is by weight.
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banba
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Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:48 am |
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I love my digital weighing scales!
And my measuring jugs and spoons for liquids, it's so simple!
Cups of this and that bug me it's seems a very inaccurate way to measure things in scientific subject i.e. baking!
Solids should be weighed and liquids measured IMHO.
Glad you figured it out though! |
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