Ratio and Baking Part 2

Let's apply the math “ratios” to cooking and baking.

When you use ratios, you can...

• make 24 cookies using a recipe for 12 cookies in a cookbook.

• convert the units used in recipes from other countries' cookbooks into the units used in the United States.

This article shows how to convert units using mathematics.

Suppose you have ordered a cookbook from Japan and decided to make Japanese Fried Chicken. Fortunately, you can read Japanese and understand the contents, but the units used in the recipe differ from those in the U.S., so you need to know how much you will use. In such a case, let's try to convert units using mathematics.

Japanese Fried Chicken Recipe (for 2 people)

200g Chicken Thigh

1 tsp ground garlic

1 tsp ground ginger

a little of salt and black papper

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp rice wine

2 tbsp mayonnaise

30g potato starch

20g flour

some vegetable oil

Now, let's first calculate how many ounces of chicken we need. (1g≒0.035oz)

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Did you get the idea from the video?　We need 7oz of chicken.

Then calculate how much potato starch we need.

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It's 1.05 oz.

How was that? As before, I showed you some very practical ways to use math. I would be delighted if you found helpful math. There is also an exercise for you to try.

Exercise

Q. According to this recipe, how many ounces of flour do you need?

Hint

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Answer

0.7oz

References

Kurashiru, (2023 April 11), "絶品唐揚げは基本が大事。今さら聞けない唐揚げレシピ完全版" ("The basics are important for excellent fried chicken. The complete version of the fried chicken recipe you've never heard of."), https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/6ef01aef-c9e9-490b-b9d7-44fddcb09922