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10657876 No.10657876 [Reply] [Original]

If I see a recipe for 4 people, and I want to scale it down for 2 people, how do I do that?

I was thinking "just halve the ingredients" but something is telling me this isn't correct, because in my brainlet mind, halving things such as herbs/spices, and liquids/broths etc wouldn't have the same impact on the flavor.

>> No.10657981

The ratio is the same for all ingredients, so what is being halved doesn't matter.

>> No.10658012

>>10657876
Halving is correct.

And you should never follow recipes verbatim for things like seasoning or herbs anyway. Ingredients vary in flavor and potency. Aways taste and adjust accordingly.

>> No.10658046

Halving can result in consequences when the portions get too small do to rapid evaporation (shit gets dry and/or burns), or increase batch size dramatically meaning it doesn't evaporate or get as thick as you expect. But typically it isn't an issue if you're making a dinner portion of something like a stew in a normal vessel.

>> No.10658519

>>10657876
Sometimes halving a recipe only works if you use half-sized utensils. For instance, if the recipe calls for a 12" skillet, you should use a 6" skillet.

>> No.10658530

>>10657876
>brainlet
yes

>> No.10658532

>>10658519
oh I really wanted you to end that by saying he needed to use a tiny fork to eat with

>> No.10658544

>>10658532
Goes without saying. I didn't want to spoonfeed everything to OP with a tiny spoon.

>> No.10658563
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>>10657876
>If I see a recipe for 4 people, and I want to scale it down for 2 people, how do I do that?

>> No.10659022

You can usually just halve the ingredients but for things which evaporate (like pasta), you have to do a bit more math.

>> No.10659120

>>10657876
If recipe scaling is just too difficult for you to comprehend, just make the full recipe and have some leftovers.

>> No.10659123

>>10657876
Why don't you just make the full batch and save some for left overs?

>> No.10659134

>>10658563

You drug and rape your mother.

>> No.10659156

>>10658012
no it's not, you will not be able to reduce a sauce w/ half the ingredients.

>> No.10659168

>>10657876
make it normal, eat half and refrigerate/freeze the rest?

>> No.10659179

>>10657876
And don't forget to divide the cooking times too.

>> No.10659222

>>10657876
Halve the ingredients, cooking time, temperature, and plate size

>> No.10659271

>>10657876
Triple the ingredients

>> No.10659545

>>10657876

Double the serving plate size.

>> No.10659561

>>10659222
Wrong, by halving four things you achieve 1/16th the servings.

>> No.10659586

>>10657876
Freeze half of it after cooking

>> No.10659589
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>>10659022
>tfw my pasta evaporated again

>> No.10659635

>>10659589
Oops. I meant the water when cooking rice, not pasta.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJFU7ezipbg

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>>10657876
>all this shitty advice about halving everything
Just add 2 more people you dip

>> No.10659734

>>10657876
If they are measurable they can be halved. Only issue is recipes that say something like need 1 egg, which is harder to split, especially if it effects how it cooks. But for the most part just vary for taste.

>> No.10659771

>>10657876
Halfing is all right, Dublin can be a problem if you need space in the pan or the part for the flavors to get out, or water to dissolve

>> No.10661361

>>10659771
>Halfing is all right
Nobody in this thread has complained about Halflings, hobbits are pretty easygoing folk who appreciate a good meal.

>> No.10661391

>>10658519
Is nobody else going to point out to this retard that a 6" skillet is actually a quarter the size of a 12"?

>> No.10661398

>>10661361
>hobbits are pretty easygoing folk who appreciate a good meal.
They are fucking thiefs! all of them.

>> No.10661401

>>10659156
Sure you can. I've done it literally thousands of times.

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>>10661398
>mfw the theiving halflings destroyed the based dark lord of evil

>> No.10663162

>>10659168
Frozen and reheated food tastes like fucking garbage.

>> No.10663172

>>10661391
>>Sometimes halving a recipe only works if you use half-sized utensils.
Is nobody else going to point out to this retard that >>10658519 was satirical?