Reference for Menachot 107:8

רב ורבי חייא ורבי יוחנן אמרי משתערין כמות שהן שמואל ורבי שמעון בר רבי וריש לקיש אמרי משתערין לכמות שהן

and the other<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Ela.');">⁹</span> holds that we must measure it according to its former state?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The measure is to be a handful of flour only, and therefore if taken out after the flour has been mixed with water, it would contain either too much or too little flour according to the consistency of the mixture.');">¹⁰</span>

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