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Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#41

Post by School-Cotton »

atonse wrote: post #37
regularfry wrote: post #4

Very minor point, in the grand scheme of things: when converting measurements from imperial to metric, I would be astonished if many recipes need more than two significant figures. When the recipe says "391.32 gram strained greek yogurt" I would not expect disaster to befall me if I only supplied 391.31g. A more major point is that I don't seem to be able to select text to copy and paste. I had to type out "391.32 gr…

This reminds me of making a trip to a jeweler when I was And the numbers kept changing even when the scale was empty. I think I had a whole conversation with my grandpa about why that was happening, and we came up with "probably just variations in air/breeze around the scale causing them to change" No idea if that's actually what it was, but it's plausible if you're doing sub-gram weighing?

I have a scale in my kitchen that measures with 0.1g precision, and it doesn't do what you describe (change while you're not touching it). Perhaps technology has advanced since the anecdote you describe? Or maybe my scale is just lying to me.

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#42

Post by cengen »

I think it’s first time I’ve seen stuff like tablespoon, teaspoon, cup converted when changing to metric. These are very normal units to use in Europe when cooking. We don’t measure teaspoons by the grams when we make food. If measuring flour or something then of course grams would make sense.

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#43

Post by folli »

regularfry wrote: post #4

Very minor point, in the grand scheme of things: when converting measurements from imperial to metric, I would be astonished if many recipes need more than two significant figures. When the recipe says "391.32 gram strained greek yogurt" I would not expect disaster to befall me if I only supplied 391.31g. A more major point is that I don't seem to be able to select text to copy and paste. I had to type out "391.32 gr…

Also, depending on the ingredient, it makes more sense to use cups as a measurement of volume, not mass, when converting to metric. E.g. liquids, yoghurt etc.

Another thing: although not strictly metric, but European recipes also use tablespoon and teaspoon as measurements for smaller volumes, so no need to convert this.

Just my two cents, other than that very nice work!!

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#44

Post by jodieweldon »

AwkwardPanda wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I posted the first version of OnlyRecipe here about four years ago [1], and the response was incredible. The feedback in that thread shaped a lot of what I wanted to build next. That initial momentum proved that the core problem (ads, life stories, and clutter on recipe blogs) needed a solution. Progress since then has been slower than I hoped — I had some health issues and was building on and off — but I kept…

Very cool! it does get a bit confused about number words that aren't amounts, like "3 large russet potatoes, peeled and halved lengthwise" becomes "3 large russet potatoes, peeled and cut in 0.50 lengthwise" which when scaled up becomes "cut in 1 lengthwise"

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#45

Post by AwkwardPanda »

pzo wrote: post #40

- if you change to metric system suddenly you get numbers like 453,59 grams fusili pasta - its quite demotivating - instead of grams I would like also tell me how many americano coffee cups more or less than looking for scale. - I wanna scale down - if serving is for 6 people i want to scale down to to servings

I've added it to my notes. Thanks

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#47

Post by Scene_Cast2 »

atonse wrote: post #37
regularfry wrote: post #4

Very minor point, in the grand scheme of things: when converting measurements from imperial to metric, I would be astonished if many recipes need more than two significant figures. When the recipe says "391.32 gram strained greek yogurt" I would not expect disaster to befall me if I only supplied 391.31g. A more major point is that I don't seem to be able to select text to copy and paste. I had to type out "391.32 gr…

This reminds me of making a trip to a jeweler when I was And the numbers kept changing even when the scale was empty. I think I had a whole conversation with my grandpa about why that was happening, and we came up with "probably just variations in air/breeze around the scale causing them to change" No idea if that's actually what it was, but it's plausible if you're doing sub-gram weighing?

Most likely the op amp (or whatever gain stage) noise. After a certain point, you get thermal noise.

But with such scales, low sample rates and averaging are key.

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#48

Post by atonse »

School-Cotton wrote: post #41
atonse wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This reminds me of making a trip to a jeweler when I was And the numbers kept changing even when the scale was empty. I think I had a whole conversation with my grandpa about why that was happening, and we came up with "probably just variations in air/breeze around the scale causing them to change" No idea if that's actually what it was, but it's plausible if you're doing sub-gram weighing?

I have a scale in my kitchen that measures with 0.1g precision, and it doesn't do what you describe (change while you're not touching it). Perhaps technology has advanced since the anecdote you describe? Or maybe my scale is just lying to me.

Hmmm then I bet it was a flaw. Or maybe modern scales have microcontrollers that adjust for this?

This was a scale in a jeweler in India. It might have been in the late 80s or mid-90s. I might be misremembering too. So take my anecdote with a grain of salt.

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#49

Post by Willamin »

dylan604 wrote: post #34
jpalmer wrote: post #25

This looks great. Something I'd like to see in a recipe app is scale is not only reflected in the ingredients list but also in the directions. The linked recipe is a great example. The 1/2 teaspoon in step 1 is never modified regardless of the scale of the recipe. Also scale should go below 1 (like .5).

Should the measurements be included in the instructions or just left out to avoid that? Instead of "add 1/2 teaspoon of ingredient", just say "add ingredient". growing up, we had the old red/white gingham Betty Crocker cookbook where the scaled measurements were written in the book. the instructions never had any of the measurements in them. based on that, it just feels natural to the point of adding the scaling into…

I personally prefer leaving the measurement in the instructions for two reasons.

1. I'll often use the ingredients list (and quantities there) before cooking to ensure that I have everything I need ahead of time. Depending on what ingredient it is, I might not mise en place it. In those cases, a step that says "add ingredient" would require me to go reference the list in the beginning, losing a bit of context.

2. It's not often, but I've followed a few recipes that require a particular ingredient in 2 different steps in different amounts.

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#50

Post by AwkwardPanda »

jodieweldon wrote: post #44
AwkwardPanda wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I posted the first version of OnlyRecipe here about four years ago [1], and the response was incredible. The feedback in that thread shaped a lot of what I wanted to build next. That initial momentum proved that the core problem (ads, life stories, and clutter on recipe blogs) needed a solution. Progress since then has been slower than I hoped — I had some health issues and was building on and off — but I kept…

Very cool! it does get a bit confused about number words that aren't amounts, like "3 large russet potatoes, peeled and halved lengthwise" becomes "3 large russet potatoes, peeled and cut in 0.50 lengthwise" which when scaled up becomes "cut in 1 lengthwise"

Yeah it tries to convert generically. I have noted this edge-case and I'll add special handling for cases like this.

Thank you for pointing it out

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