We have a design that indicate the user about the measurement of food ingredients
For example:
- 1.5 cup
- 0.5 cup
Is it right to use it as above or replace it with
- 1 cup and half
- A half of cup
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Sign up to join this communityWe have a design that indicate the user about the measurement of food ingredients
For example:
Is it right to use it as above or replace it with
I would prefer to see it as a fraction, e.g. 1 1/2 cups or as a decimal number (1.5 cup, your first proposal).
Chefkoch (a German website about cooking) uses fractions for whole pieces and decimal numbers for weights or volumes.
This will partly depend how you expect your recipes to be used. Are we talking about a recipe book? An app? A smart speaker skill?
In general I would probably avoid decimals -- when you're in the heat of the kitchen, the decimal point/period/comma is relatively easy to miss (especially if it has a speck of flour or a splash of sauce covering it up!), which could easily ruin your recipe. For this reason, it's fairly uncommon to see decimals in recipe books, at least the ones I have.
On the other hand, numbers are still easier to read at a glance than wordy sentences, so I kind of agree with @Nash that fractions might be the best option. Even if the small numerator/denominator are harder to read from a distance, it's immediately obvious at a glance that the required measurement is "one whole number plus a bit extra".
"One and a half cups of..."
and"Half a cup of..."
– musefan Aug 11 '20 at 7:08