What's the best way to calculate the calories in a bone-in pork chop?
Tonight I'll be making pork chops for dinner. They have a bone in them. I'll be searing them in a pan and then baking them with an apple-onion compote.
The database shows 400 calories for a 6-ounce bone in chop. However, a person does not eat the bone. Does the database assume 6 ounces for the chop entire chop or for only the meat portion that is consumed?
What is the best way to determine the calories in the consumable portion?
The database shows 400 calories for a 6-ounce bone in chop. However, a person does not eat the bone. Does the database assume 6 ounces for the chop entire chop or for only the meat portion that is consumed?
What is the best way to determine the calories in the consumable portion?
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I weigh bones and subtract that from the initial weight.0
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I find a 'cooked' entry, weigh the whole thing cooked, then subtract the bone weight.
You could weigh it raw but I'm not sure if bones change weight during cooking or not... I'd guess they do.0 -
You can either weigh the chop before eating and afterwards to see what you consumed, or you can cut the pork off the bone and then weigh it. I do the former with ribs, but for chops, I usually just cut my portion off the bone.0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »I weigh bones and subtract that from the initial weight.
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DeguelloTex wrote: »I weigh bones and subtract that from the initial weight.
agreed.0
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