# Recipe calls for 6 oz cooked noodles

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 22, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-calls-for-6-oz-cooked-noodles/741076 "2015-12-22T06:37:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-calls-for-6-oz-cooked-noodles/741076/1 "2015-12-22T06:37:38Z")

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Recipe calls for 6 oz. of cooked noodles. Is that usually the weight of them dry, or post boiling? Quite a diff between the two 😕

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**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-calls-for-6-oz-cooked-noodles/741076/2 "2015-12-22T07:09:11Z")

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Have that problem myself. The wording says “pasta that is cooked.” A private blog says cooked pasta can weigh twice that same quantity when dry. [Random Tech Stuff: The weight ratio of dry pasta to cooked pasta](http://jdesbonnet.blogspot.com/2012/03/weight-ratio-of-dry-pasta-to-cooked.html)

Just my method to help me decide: see if the resulting ratio is 1:1 meat to dry weight pasta. That’s the ratio I always follow. If it’s a meatless sauce, 1:1 dry weight pasta to the basic sauce component (ex: 1 pound dry pasta and 1 pound canned tomatoes.)

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**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-calls-for-6-oz-cooked-noodles/741076/3 "2015-12-22T07:56:09Z")

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I would generally guess that if the recipe includes explicit directions to cook the pasta, it means dry weight. If not, wet weight.

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**Author:** ![Torontonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@Torontonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torontonian)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-calls-for-6-oz-cooked-noodles/741076/4 "2015-12-22T08:09:12Z")

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I suppose dry because if its a good recipe it includes uncooked materials. when you are going to add meat to it, more meat is better less pasta

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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-calls-for-6-oz-cooked-noodles/741076/5 "2015-12-22T08:43:39Z")

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My logic says it should be the dry weight. That’s what’s printed on the package.

How would you know the wet weight after cooking?\*

\*( Yeah, I know, you’re supposed to have a scale on your kitchen counter–but lots of people don’t.)