Kitchen ratios – part 1 If there is any mathematical topic which you absolutely can’t avoid in preparation of food and drinks, then it is ratios and proportionality. They are used in conversions of units of measure, adapting the recipe to the desired number of servings, and many more. I plan to write a series…
Tag: maths
Units of Measure – Temperature 🧮
A recipe says bake at 175 degrees Celsius, but your oven temperature units are Fahrenheit, to what temperature should you set it? Unfortunately, different temperature units of measure are not proportional, so it is not possible to state a number you just have to multiply or divide with to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit. The…
Units of measure – Length 🧮
This blog sticks to continental European units of measure. For example, lengths are given in cm (centimetre) or mm (millimetre, which is one tenth of a cm, i. e. 10 mm = 1 cm). If you are used to describe lengths in inches, just divide the cm value by 2.54 to get the length in inches. If the length…
Cooker on the Orient Express 