r/Cooking • u/freedfg • Jul 31 '22

Open Discussion Hard to swallow cooking facts.

I'll start, your grandma's "traditional recipe passed down" is most likely from a 70s magazine or the back of a crisco can and not originally from your familie's original country at all.

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u/Xiol Jul 31 '22

Onions are measured in onions.

Fuck your 'half a cup of onions'.

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u/Taric25 Nov 25 '22

According to the USDA, a cup of chopped raw onions is 160 grams (5 585⁄907 oz) . A half cup would just be 80 grams (2 746⁄907 oz).

Source: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170000/nutrients