I am trying to convert pounds to cups. If I have 2 lbs of potatoes, how many cups is that?
By Catherione
This site says one pound of potatoes is approx 2 cups cooked/mashed. So 2 pounds of spuds would be 4 cups. Use that as a starting point. I would think most potato recipes would be somewhat forgiving, not like baking cakes, etc. where exact measurements count.
Hmm...a pint's a pound the world around. Two cups in a pint, So 2 pounds of potatoes is approximately 4 cups.
Buy a kitchen scale. I bought a cheap one years ago and it's the best way to figure this out.
You can't convert pounds to cups, you can only estimate. They are 2 different systems of measuring. Pounds measure weight and cups measure volume.
This one differs a bit:
> How many potatoes are in a pound?
Three medium potatoes equal about 1 pound.
ONE pound of potatoes will yield 3 cups peeled & sliced;
2 1/4 cups peeled and diced;
2 cups mashed; or
2 cups of french fries.
SOURCE:
www.ncagr.gov/
You can convert somethings to cups easily, like sugar or flour or rice, but you will have to cook up those potatoes, drain, mash down and measure. Then you will know. Also different potatoes mash up differently.
You can convert anything, 3 pounds of potatoes will equal so many cups.
Miss Prissy...You must come from the Midwest.
A pint of water weighs a pound. A pint of lead or mashed potatoes would not.
Bless your heart Carol. She was talking about potatoes and you could definitely have given her the answer to how many cups result from dicing 2 pounds of potatoes. Geesh.
Why would I spend money on a scale, I have the internet that I pay for
a pints a pound only works with liquid as a pint of lead is going to be quite heavy
A pint of water is a pound of water. This is not accurate for anything else.
