Rules of Normalization for Recipes

[azurelunatic]

First Normal Form:

There are no ingredients or materials used in the procedure that are not listed up front; all things listed up front are used in the procedure. All processes are in the correct order (preheat oven before starting to mix, mix before putting finished mixture in oven, et cetera).


Second Normal Form (only for procedures with multiple steps happening at the same time; single-procedure recipes are automatically in 2NF):

Each process is listed in the correct procedure (for example, breaking the eggs belongs with putting the eggs in the bowl, rather than with greasing the pans or turning on the oven; the steps for making the filling are all together, separate from the other steps).


Third Normal Form:

Everything is broken down into distinct sections or procedures, and optimized for speed and ease.

Comments

[tiel.livejournal.com]

Are you suddenly getting recipes in abnormal formats?

[azurelunatic]

General geekery, applying database normalization rules to recipes. I've been playing around with desserts, and somewhere in my sleep-deprived brandied chocolated brain, I said, "OK, now if I can just get this recipe into 1NF..."

[tiel.livejournal.com]

LOL!!

[azurelunatic]

It's truly interesting when the brain does that...

[stronae.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaha!

(Okay. Sorry. That was funny.)

[azurelunatic]

Thanks!

I am always delighted when someone responds with giggles to a bit of geek humor.

[stronae.livejournal.com]

Oh, hell, it's something I sorely miss. My work crowd is a bunch of corporate stiffs now (with the exception of an over-the-edge Linux developer, and a college-bound peck), so the geekery in my life has been a bit... reduced. I have a couple of ideas that I have to get on paper; I figure I might as well post them here, if only to return the favor. ::Smile::

Whee! Geek humor!

[azurelunatic]

The amount of geekery in welovegeeks has been going down too, and there's only so much time that Darkside will spend on the phone making bad puns with me.