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formula that multiplies my ingredients up to 32 times?
I learned Excel in high school but that was 20 years ago, and I haven't used it since. I started entering all my ingredients and then multiplying them on paper and entering it.... then I remembered t...
In addition to responding to the request of my friend HansVogelaar ,if you want to continue with the Excel route, I'd like to add another thought altogether.: It's one thing to take 1 tbsp and multiply by 32 to get 32 tbsp, but it'd be a lot more meaningful to have that convert to cups. (For the record, 32 tbsp =2 cups).
Now, I did that with an app on my phone. The app is this one, available in the iPhone app store; probably in others as well if you use a different system,
Here's what the screen looks like that did the Tbsp to Cups conversion:
As you might surmise, you can do quick conversions of all sorts of types of measurements, including currency if you travel internationally.
I also cook, and frequently double or triple recipes for breads and other dishes. Frankly, I find it far easier to use the app than to use Excel, and I know how to use Excel. If it's a recipe you frequently use, print it out and do the calculations on an app like that, which automatically gives the results in whatever the other unit might be --- tbsp to cups or gallons, and so forth. Save a revised copy of the recipe with the measurements. It's an easy improvement on manual calculations.
