Everyday thanksgiving problems come down to one relationship between activity type, adults, calories, children, do you want leftovers? and weight. This calculator turns those numbers into cranberry sauce, veggie sides and potatoes , with the working shown so you can check the result rather than simply trust it.
What Is the Thanksgiving Calculator?
The thanksgiving calculator sorts out the arithmetic of activity type, adults, calories, children, do you want leftovers? and weight so that you can concentrate on the cooking rather than the maths.
It gives you cranberry sauce, veggie sides and potatoes , which is usually the number you actually need to measure out before you start.
How to Use the Thanksgiving
Fill in what you have and read off cranberry sauce, veggie sides and potatoes . If you are scaling a recipe up or down, work out the multiplier first and then multiply every quantity by it, including the ones that are not in this calculator.
Weigh rather than scoop wherever the recipe allows it. Volume measurements drift with how tightly an ingredient is packed, and that is where most recipe inconsistencies start.
Getting Consistent Results
Kitchen temperature, ingredient temperature and how long you mix all change the outcome. The calculator handles the quantities; the technique is still down to you.
If a result looks unfamiliar, check your units before you change the quantities. A factor of a hundred or a thousand is the usual culprit.
A Worked Example
Working through an example, with activity type set to 2.5, adults set to 10, calories set to 5, the calculator returns wine of 7.1, and appetizers of 77, and cheese of 0.62. Substitute your own figures and the same steps produce the same kind of answer.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need to work out cranberry sauce?
Enter activity type, adults, calories, children, do you want leftovers? and weight. The calculator then works through the relationship and reports cranberry sauce, veggie sides and potatoes .
What does the thanksgiving actually calculate?
It takes activity type, adults, calories, children, do you want leftovers? and weight and converts them into cranberry sauce, veggie sides and potatoes using the standard relationship for this problem. Each step is applied in turn, so every output is traceable back to the numbers you typed in.
How should I enter activity type?
Use the value you actually have, in the unit shown next to the field. Enter every value in the same unit system. The calculator assumes the figures you supply are consistent, so it cannot correct a mistake that happens before the calculation starts.
Do I have to fill in every field?
Only the fields a particular result depends on. If you leave one blank, the results that need it simply show a note instead of a number, and everything else still works.
Why does a small change in one value move the answer so much?
That happens when an output depends on a ratio, because dividing by a small number magnifies any change in it. Check the units first, then check whether the value you entered is in the range the relationship was designed for.