Do you know what kind of measure a "part" is?

Question

I have a recipe that asked for 5 parts of distilled water, 2 parts of honey and 1 part of vinegar... Can anyone help?

Answer 1

A part is a fraction of a whole.... add the parts together & divide accordingly....
Read the entire recipe... 5 parts water + 2 parts honey + 1 part vinegar = 8 parts total (5+2+1) so.... 5/8 would be water + 2/8 (or 1/4) would be honey & 1/8 would be vinegar.

They use parts instead of cups or ounces so that you keep the ratio the same no mater what volume is made.

So for example... 5 tsp water + 2 tsp honey + 1 tsp vinegar would have the same ratio & flavor mix as 5 cups water + 2 cups honey + 1 cup vinegar.
Just choose a measure & use it for all parts (tsp, ounce, cup, etc.)
Hope this helps.
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Hope this helps.

Answer 2

When a recipe asks for "parts", it is talking about proportions so that you can make the dish (or whatever) as big as you want. For example, if you took 1 part to be a teaspoon, the recipe above would be as follows: 5 teaspoons distilled water, 2 teaspoons honey and one teaspoon vinegar

Answer 3

Each part just has to be the same amount. You will use 5 times as much distilled water as vinegar and twice as much honey as vinegar. Ex. 5 tsp distilled water, 2tsp honey, and 2tsp vinegar.

Answer 4

It depends on how much liquid you want in the end. For example, if you make a part = 1 cup you'll end up w/ 8 cups total (5+2+1). If you make a part = 1 tsp you'll end up w/ 8 tsp. It's all a matter of what you need in the end.

Answer 5

You decide what the part is. ie: 5 tablespoons water, 2 tablespoons honey, 1 tablespoon vinegar. Tablespoons could be cups, gallons, whatever, as long as it is all the same unit of measure.