While vacationing in Germany, a tour group that a coworker was with stopped at a quaint little inn. He enjoyed one of the soups that was served and asked if it would be possible to get the recipe. Long story short, request for recipe approved, inn closed for the season the next day, recipe arrived 5 month later in the mail when the inn reopened. The kicker? The recipe was made to serve a group of twentyfour! Tru story!
US Army Training Manual 10-405…just after WW2 it was in our kitchen for years. My uncle just said to cut every recipe in half and then cut it in half again. Guess what his MOS in the service was! ;-)
With only two in our household, and most recipes set to feed 6 -8, I use a calculator to adjust the measurements and write them next to the regular ones. Except for garlic – that is left alone.
Ive started doing this…but only for recipes that I know freeze well. Made almost a gallon of 3 bean and beef chili on the weekend (low salt) and thats going to be a lot of dinners.
It’s not the crowd – it’s the serving sizes…my mom decided long ago that when a recipe said “serves four,” the “four” must have been a dad who works an office job & is otherwise mostly sedentary, a mom who’s constantly on a diet, a picky 5yo, & an equally picky 3yo! Her First Rule of Recipes in everyday cooking for our family of 6 was “Double it!”
yoey1957 10 months ago
While vacationing in Germany, a tour group that a coworker was with stopped at a quaint little inn. He enjoyed one of the soups that was served and asked if it would be possible to get the recipe. Long story short, request for recipe approved, inn closed for the season the next day, recipe arrived 5 month later in the mail when the inn reopened. The kicker? The recipe was made to serve a group of twentyfour! Tru story!
Gent 10 months ago
What for dinner? Mmmm… Smell like Chicken curry.
bluephrog 10 months ago
US Army Training Manual 10-405…just after WW2 it was in our kitchen for years. My uncle just said to cut every recipe in half and then cut it in half again. Guess what his MOS in the service was! ;-)
ctolson 10 months ago
With only two in our household, and most recipes set to feed 6 -8, I use a calculator to adjust the measurements and write them next to the regular ones. Except for garlic – that is left alone.
Just-me 10 months ago
There’s just the two of us, so we normally don’t need to double a recipe.
Barnabus Blackoak 10 months ago
but how do I get my oven to 700 degrees ??
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe 10 months ago
once upon a time the early internet had a site for recepies that you could enter number of meals
Sean Fox 10 months ago
Ive started doing this…but only for recipes that I know freeze well. Made almost a gallon of 3 bean and beef chili on the weekend (low salt) and thats going to be a lot of dinners.
KFischer1 10 months ago
Real pluggers need recipes for two.
anomalous4 10 months ago
It’s not the crowd – it’s the serving sizes…my mom decided long ago that when a recipe said “serves four,” the “four” must have been a dad who works an office job & is otherwise mostly sedentary, a mom who’s constantly on a diet, a picky 5yo, & an equally picky 3yo! Her First Rule of Recipes in everyday cooking for our family of 6 was “Double it!”
mistercatworks 10 months ago
Many online recipes now allow you to change number of servings with a single click. The list of ingredients gets updated proportionally.
The unfortunate thing is when you have an “empty nest” but continue to double the portions. :))))
(That’s a “smiley” with extra chins.)
bwswolf 10 months ago
No problem …… just Double the Double and you’ll have for 16 …. (Consider the original is for 4 people) …… :)