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I would think the ingredients could be processed in parallel. For example, the Chocolate Chip Cookies recipes quotes a total of 9 years 29 weeks to make everyt
by joezydeco 8y ago
I would think the ingredients could be processed in parallel.
For example, the Chocolate Chip Cookies recipes quotes a total of 9 years 29 weeks to make everything, but really the longest lead item is the vanilla beans @ 4 years. So really it's a 4 year process isn't it?
- RussianCow 8y agoThis works for "passive" time but not for active time, i.e. you can do other things while the vanilla beans are infusing, but you can't churn butter and also grind wheat. So the site would have to differentiate between the two categories of time.
- qrv3w 8y agoYou're right. I made the tool so that you could just make each recipe like you would normally do, doing one step at a time. In reality you would try to multitask, but that makes it more complicated to dictate as directions. At that point, I would actually try to generate a Gantt chart [1] which could make it easier to follow how to make things in parallel. Also, as a sidenote - each recipe actually has its own "parallel" and "serial" time. The parallel time is independent of quantity, and the serial time is dependent on quantity. For example, growing vanilla beans has a parallel time of four years (each plant will grow simultaneously) and then they have a serial time of ~1/2 hr per plant to harvest. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_chart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_chart
- joezydeco 8y agoYes, you're right. I missed the vanilla processing time. But at least you understand where I was going. Still, a very cool project. Nice work.
- aeorgnoieang 8y agoCheckout this site for a cool recipe 'chart': - [Oven Baked Chicken and Rice - Recipe File - Cooking For Engineers](http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/81/Oven-Baked-Chicken-and-Rice http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/81/Oven-Baked-Chic...)