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From: Fairfax on 30 Jun 2010 09:33
I hope I can explain this but a long time ago I had a recipe program
that you could change the number of servings and it would adjust the
amounts for all the ingredients accordingly.

Here's an easy example:

1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1/4 almond flour

And say I needed to make half the batch. If the yield on this recipe
initially for those ingredients above is for 4 people, then I'd just
put 2 in the yield box and it would put in a special box beside the
original amounts, the new amounts so that I'd get this type of thing:

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup flour
1/8 almond flour

Is there any app out there that can do this for us. I'm not sure
there's a free recipe application that can but even a "helper" app
where we can put measurements in and it can half then or double them,
or whatever we need.

Thanks.
From: Not-for-publication on 30 Jun 2010 21:42
You may have had BigOven, as it does exactly that.
It is not freeware.Big Oven: http://www.bigoven.com/

....A

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:33:19 -0500, in alt.comp.freeware, Fairfax
<SpamNot(a)NoJunkMail.org> wrote:

>I hope I can explain this but a long time ago I had a recipe program
>that you could change the number of servings and it would adjust the
>amounts for all the ingredients accordingly.
>
>Here's an easy example:
>
>1 cup milk
>1 cup flour
>1/4 almond flour
>
>And say I needed to make half the batch. If the yield on this recipe
>initially for those ingredients above is for 4 people, then I'd just
>put 2 in the yield box and it would put in a special box beside the
>original amounts, the new amounts so that I'd get this type of thing:
>
>1/2 cup milk
>1/2 cup flour
>1/8 almond flour
>
>Is there any app out there that can do this for us. I'm not sure
>there's a free recipe application that can but even a "helper" app
>where we can put measurements in and it can half then or double them,
>or whatever we need.
>
>Thanks.
From: Fairfax on 1 Jul 2010 08:19
On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:42:37 GMT,
Not-for-publication(a)Not-for-publication.com wrote:

>You may have had BigOven, as it does exactly that.
>It is not freeware.Big Oven: http://www.bigoven.com/
>
>...A

Is there perhaps something like a "helper" app that will do this that
isn't necessarily a recipe program? It's a pain to use a straigh
converter because you're dealing with so many different types of
measures, cups, teaspoons, tablespoons and ounces ...

Anyway, will keep trying.

>On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:33:19 -0500, in alt.comp.freeware, Fairfax
><SpamNot(a)NoJunkMail.org> wrote:
>
>>I hope I can explain this but a long time ago I had a recipe program
>>that you could change the number of servings and it would adjust the
>>amounts for all the ingredients accordingly.
>>
>>Here's an easy example:
>>
>>1 cup milk
>>1 cup flour
>>1/4 almond flour
>>
>>And say I needed to make half the batch. If the yield on this recipe
>>initially for those ingredients above is for 4 people, then I'd just
>>put 2 in the yield box and it would put in a special box beside the
>>original amounts, the new amounts so that I'd get this type of thing:
>>
>>1/2 cup milk
>>1/2 cup flour
>>1/8 almond flour
>>
>>Is there any app out there that can do this for us. I'm not sure
>>there's a free recipe application that can but even a "helper" app
>>where we can put measurements in and it can half then or double them,
>>or whatever we need.
>>
>>Thanks.

From: tomZ on 2 Jul 2010 13:29
On 6/30/2010 9:33 AM, Fairfax wrote:
> I hope I can explain this but a long time ago I had a recipe program
> that you could change the number of servings and it would adjust the
> amounts for all the ingredients accordingly.
>
[]
>
> Thanks.

G'day
I used MealMaster quite some time ago (on win98 PC).
http://home.comcast.net/~episoft/index.htm

From their website, the current version is freeware and runs on almost
all windows platforms (its still an MS-DOS app).

From their description, it looks like the current version does what you
require:
http://home.comcast.net/~episoft/mmdesc.htm
[quote]
An automatic re-scaling feature is included, so that when a recipe's
serving quantity is changed the ingredient amounts are automatically
increased or decreased proportionately. The new ingredient amounts can
be held for a single viewing or printing of the recipe, or they can be
made permanent. Serving quantities from 1 to 9,999 provide support for
the smallest household, or the largest commercial catering applications.
[end quote]

Additionally, I recall that there is a large user base that contributes
a variety of recipes formatted for immediate use.
Bon apetite!
Cheers,
tomZ


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