Title: Uncertain quantities create odd measurements
Last modified: June 9, 2017

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# Uncertain quantities create odd measurements

 *  Resolved [JLee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foliumpartners/)
 * (@foliumpartners)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-add-common-quantities/)
 * Just downloaded and made a test recipe. Pretty exciting, thus far! Great work,
   guys!
 * When I make an ingredient item such as:
    - 1–3 lemons
 * It shows in the finished page as:
    - 13 lemons
 * Oops.
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 *  Plugin Author [Boxy Studio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boxystudio/)
 * (@boxystudio)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-add-common-quantities/#post-9212865)
 * [@foliumpartners](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foliumpartners/): 1-3 isn’t
   a valid number for Cooked. If you want to use a range, you will need to put that“
   1-3” in the ingredient Item column instead of on the Amount column. Here’s a 
   screenshot:
 * ![Cooked Screenshot](http://boxy.d.pr/5AQVQ6+)
 *  Thread Starter [JLee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foliumpartners/)
 * (@foliumpartners)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-add-common-quantities/#post-9213358)
 * [@boxystudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boxystudio/) : If I must put
   both ranges and less-common quantities such as “1 box” or “1 can” or “1 small”
   into the ingredient column, then why bother having the amount and measurement
   columns at all? I don’t see that they provide anything useful, if we can’t use
   them as needed.
 * Consider how you would say that someone needs 2–3 tsp oregano, or 1–2 handfuls
   of chopped pecans. The usefulness of those fields is nil, in such cases.
 * Would it be better if recipe software expanded our creative options, instead 
   of limiting them? Perhaps it would be better if the amount, measurement, and 
   item fields were all text instead of trying to conform them to a digit, list 
   item, and text. What benefit is there of having the amount stored separately,
   anyhow?
 * Just some thoughts. Thank you for working through all the problems related to
   recipe software. It’s a big task, and we’re all appreciative of your efforts!
 *  Plugin Author [Boxy Studio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boxystudio/)
 * (@boxystudio)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-add-common-quantities/#post-9213813)
 * [@foliumpartners](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foliumpartners/): There
   is a really good reason those fields are stored separately. You can adjust the
   servings on the front end, which will then adjust those numbers.
 * ![](http://boxy.d.pr/jJRFT+)
 * ![](http://boxy.d.pr/6ie0D2+)
 * ![](http://boxy.d.pr/pZnAqj+)
 * It would be highly suggested that you use a single digit for the amounts, both
   for the feature described above and also for a more straightforward recipe. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [JLee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foliumpartners/)
 * (@foliumpartners)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-add-common-quantities/#post-9213831)
 * My mistake. That’s a great feature and it makes a lot of sense …except it doesn’t
   really work out well because you told me that to put my amounts and measurements
   into the Item field and there is no way for the reader to know when something
   isn’t scaling or how to deal with that.
 * Hmm. Conundrum.
 *  Plugin Author [Boxy Studio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boxystudio/)
 * (@boxystudio)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-add-common-quantities/#post-9213840)
 * [@foliumpartners](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foliumpartners/): Well,
   yes but only if you’re using 1-3 instead of just a single digit. I _might_ be
   able to resolve this by converting digits between a hyphen into two numbers and
   then displaying them properly. But for now this is the way it works! 🙂

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