Practical Applications
## Ratios in Cooking
Recipes use ratios to keep flavors balanced. If you double a recipe, you need to double all ingredients to keep the taste the same.
## Adjusting Recipes
Use ratios to make more or less food without messing up the recipe. This is great for parties or family meals!
## Real-World Practice
Practice by scaling a simple recipe up or down to serve different numbers of people.
Examples
- A recipe calls for 2 cups of rice and 3 cups of water. To make half, use 1 cup of rice and 1.5 cups of water.
- If you want to triple a recipe that uses 1 egg and 2 cups of milk, you’ll need 3 eggs and 6 cups of milk.