Serving size help with casserole

[Luv Bunnies]

I think a cup sound like too much. As others have said, it depends on the height of the casserole. If it's thin (like comes up less than halfway to the top), one serving would likely be less than a cup. I think the easiest way would be to cut it down the middle (the long way). Then cut each side into five pieces. It will be accurate enough that way.

 

[ronandannette]

I just like to annoy you and hear you {{sigh}} when I intentionally continue to misidentify that culinary atrocity as noodle "casserole."

As for L.A., I was there waiting for you on Hollywood Blvd at midnight but you never showed up.

Rats - I must have been standing on the wrong corner.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Yes, I'm counting carbs & I want to only eat the amount noted in one serving. Just not sure how much one serving is, out of 10 servings.

Get a food scale and weigh if you are counting carbs. Weigh everything if you are counting. A measuring cup is not a real food measurement for calories. Have to gram/ounce it.

 

[tasha99]

Any idea how deep the casserole will be? I would fill the pan with water that high, and then see how many cups that is.

 

[aristocatz]

At the very least, OP, you need to weigh the casserole (subtracting weight of dish), divide that by 10 and use that.

Volume has three components, you'd need to know the height of the dish and how high up the casserole itself goes before even guessing at the volume of one serving. At extremes, a casserole that just barely covers the bottom of this is going to have much smaller servings than one that completely fills a casserole dish with three inch sides.

Thank you! I don't know why I didn't think about this before (weighing the casserole minus the dish)-I do this with other things. Will definitely do this after I cook it tomorrow!

 

[scrapquitler]

a square just a little bigger than 3"X 3" would be 1/10th of the dish.

 

[cabanafrau]

I just like to annoy you and hear you {{sigh}} when I intentionally continue to misidentify that culinary atrocity as noodle "casserole."

As for L.A., I was there waiting for you on Hollywood Blvd at midnight but you never showed up.

Rats - I must have been standing on the wrong corner.

Are you two sure you know what you're doing, meeting on a corner of Hollywood Boulevard at midnight? Do you realize people might not understand you were there for a recipe exchange?

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

A typical 9 by 13 by 2 pan is about 15 cups. That is filled to the brim with liquid. But most casserole recipes I have seen that call for that size aren't going to fill it to the Brim. At about 2/3 full you'll yield about 10 cups. Bear in mind solids don't really convert to liquid measurements at 1-1.

 

[ronandannette]

Are you two sure you know what you're doing, meeting on a corner of Hollywood Boulevard at midnight? Do you realize people might not understand you were there for a recipe exchange?

Thanks, I never thought of that. I just assumed @RedAngie 's expensive, snooty cheese and my box of generic pasta would be quite self-explanatory. And anyway, aren't the rest of the people there for something similar?

 

[BillSears]

One also has to account for the fact that some people may want more than just a cup serving. Remember this hilarious moment when Mary was serving Veal Prince Orloff starting at the 1:25 min mark:

That was my first thought too, it's one of my favorite scenes in a sitcom. I've visited people who made dishes based on the "servings" listed on the box. They ran out of food of course. At my house I'd much rather fix way too much and have leftovers vs. sending someone home hungry.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Yeah, and a pint of Haagen Dazs supposedly has 10 servings.

 

[Imzadi]

Yeah, and a pint of Haagen Dazs supposedly has 10 servings.

 

[cabanafrau]

Thanks, I never thought of that. I just assumed @RedAngie 's expensive, snooty cheese and my box of generic pasta would be quite self-explanatory. And anyway, aren't the rest of the people there for something similar?

I'm not sure that's how it works, not at all. Guess you will have to report back -- although I'll tell you right now I'm not accepting any collect calls.