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Let us say we are baking a pie with 2 parts water, five parts flour an half a part salt.

We can now easily calculate how much water and salt to add depending on how much flour we add, or how much water and flour to add depending on the amount of salt - you get the deal.

This kind of "proportions" can be used on regular recipes where you decide one basic amount and use it throughout the rest of the recipe.

An example is this recipe of pancakes

  • 600g (5 cups) flour -- 5 parts flour
  • Pinch of salt -- a pinch of salt
  • 750ml (3 cups) milk -- 3 parts milk
  • 2 eggs -- 2 parts egg
  • 60g butter -- a bit of fat

To double the amount of pancakes made we double the parts, to quadruple the amount of pancakes you quadruple the parts.

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