Leek
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The leek is a layered vegetable cultivar whose chopped stalks pack loosely due to trapped air.
Leeks are biennial vegetables bred from broadleaf wild leeks and grown for their tightly bound leaf sheaths. When chopped for cooking, they have a bulk density of roughly 24 pounds per cubic foot (0.38 g/mL). Their curved, overlapping layers trap air, causing them to occupy much more volume than solid root vegetables of the same mass. A measure of chopped leek floats easily in water, settling with a loose pack similar to raw sliced onions.
From Wikipedia
A leek is a biennial vegetable, a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum, the broadleaf wild leek. The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes colloquially called a "stem" or "stalk".
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Questions people ask
- How much does a cup of chopped leeks weigh?
- One US cup of chopped leeks weighs about 3.2 ounces (90 g). This is roughly equivalent to the weight of a standard deck of cards.
One cup weighs
3.17 oz (89.9 g)
- One tablespoon
- 0.198 oz (5.62 g)
- One teaspoon
- 0.066 oz (1.87 g)
- Density
- 0.38 g/mL
Quick answer
One US cup of chopped leeks weighs about 3.2 ounces (90 g). This is roughly equivalent to the weight of a standard deck of cards.
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