Ingredients & Measurements
The Ingredients window for New or Altered Recipes has a special feature all of its own. It has a built in format logic which will convert a single ingredient line into 3 "invisible" fields.
For example :
1/2 lb ground meat
pinch pepper
1 tsp. salt
Tabasco to taste
3 1/2 cup tomato sauce (or chopped whole tomatoes)
will be formatted to look like :
| 1/2 | lb |
ground meat
|
|
| pinch |
pepper
|
||
| 1 | tsp |
salt
|
|
Tabasco to taste
|
|||
| 3 1/2 | cup |
tomato sauce (or chopped whole tomatoes)
|
The 3 "invisible" fields within each line of the ingredients are :
The Measurement table is a special predefined list of common units of measure.
Some examples of the Measurements:
basket
|
bunch
|
can
|
cup
|
clove
|
cl
|
dash
|
drop
|
feet
|
gallon
|
gal
|
gram
|
head
|
inch
|
jar
|
large
|
liter
|
medium
|
med
|
meter
|
lb
|
mg
|
ml
|
ounce
|
oz
|
peck
|
piece
|
pinch
|
pint
|
pkg
|
pound
|
quart
|
small
|
square
|
stalk
|
stick
|
T
|
t
|
tbl
|
tsp
|
whole
|
yard
|
|
|
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You may enter new measurements by clicking the Measurements button on the Misc Stuff tab of Recipe Box.
Press <Alt M> to view the table measurements while in the Ingredients window.
Plurals for each of the Measurements are acceptable.
Enter the measurement exactly as they appear in the Measurement Table. Recipe Box look for an exact match from this list when formatting each ingredient line.
Since the Ingredient window (in the normal unexploded view) may only display the first part of the line, we recommend placing the main item following the measurement.
Good => 1 1/2 cup chopped onions
Better => 1 1/2 cup onions, chopped
The format logic is performed upon exiting the Ingredient editor or by clicking the Format button
This format logic is essential for converting serving sizes used to generate a Shopping List.