Mariner Software MacGourmet Deluxe - Manual (Page 76)

The Weight Resolver: Providing Needed Additional Information
Sometimes, even after mapping an ingredient, you need to provide more infor-
mation to calculate nutritional values.
An example is an in-
gredient of “1 egg.”
While this value is
mapped to “Egg,
whole, raw, fresh” in
the nutritional data-
base, when you press
the “Calculate” button,
you will be asked to
specify the size of the
egg you are using,
such as medium,
large, or extra large.
Once you provide this
additional information,
the correct values will
be determined for the
mapping. If you press
cancel at any point,
the calculation for the
recipe will be canceled
as well.
How do you decide what value to choose? You want to choose the item from the
list that most resembles your ingredient. For instance, if your ingredient has a
measurement of 3 tablespoons, you’d want to choose the “1 tablespoon”
choice. If tablespoon wasn’t an option “1 teaspoon” would also work (3 tea-
spoons in a tablespoon). If your ingredient is measured in something like slices,
and you only have an option like “1 cup” you might have to figure out and
change your ingredient so that it resolves correctly, by figuring out how many
slices would be in a cup and changing your ingredient measurement. Finally, if
you just want to skip this ingredient, choose “DO NOT RESOLVE” and it will be
ignored when calculating the data.
When Mappings Are Not Found
While most ingredients will have mappings, occasionally you’ll find that the nu-
tritional database doesn’t have a good match. When this happens, the nutri-
tional information for the recipe has to be calculated without the ingredient.
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