FORMULA SHELF
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The arithmetic behind the work: what to measure, what to type in, and what the answer comes out as. Every formula says what the symbols mean and gives a worked example, so you can check it against a job you have already done.
Kitchen
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For working out what to charge at a gate sale or a market stall, and for seeing which dish actually earns.
A batch costing 34 euro that makes 20 portions costs 1.70 a portion.
Lime makes the maize release its niacin, which is the whole point of treating it. See Flint Corn And Popcorn.
1 kg of maize and 1 L of water with 15 g of lime makes about 1.1 kg of nixtamal.
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