Recipe item windows

Windows used with recipe items:

Recipe item and Recipe items editor windows,
New recipe item and Recipe items entry windows.

The window is opened by the Edit command in the context menu when one or more recipe items are selected.

Editor window

If one recipe item is selected, the Recipe item editor window will open.

Recipe item editor window

Form fields:

Recipe for — name of the stock item whose recipe the recipe item is contained in.
Stock item — name of the stock item included in the recipe. Required field.

Selection is made in the Select stock item window.
Gross — gross volume of the stock item. Required field.
Unit (stock item) — unit of measurement for the stock item volume. Field name is not displayed. Required field.

The value is selected in the Select unit of measurement window. The value of this field defaults to that specified in the Stock items directory.
Cold preparation wastage % — percentage of stock item lost during cold preparation.
Nett — volume of stock item after cold processing. Required field.
Cooking wastage % — percentage of stock item lost during cooking. Required field.
Result — final net volume of recipe item after cold preparation and cooking. Required field.
Order of weights — order in which to output weight (volume) of the recipe item in list of ingredient weights (volumes).
Index — order in which the recipe item is added during preparation.
Recipe mode — determines how the recipe item is included in the recipe.

Selection is made from By stock item concurrence, Manual and Always with recipe. Default value is By stock item concurrence.

Recipe mode is used when adding the stock item to store documents and during recalculation.
Comment — brief comment.

Selecting OK adds the item to the recipe and closes the window. Selecting Cancel closes the window without saving the recipe item.

Multiple editor window

When two or more recipe items are selected for editing, the multiple editor window opens. It has a panel displaying a list of the selected recipe items. The title in the window header is Recipe items.

Multiple recipe items editor window

The fields are the same as in the Recipe item window.

When multiple recipe items are selected for editing, any changes that are saved will be applied to all of the selected recipe items.

The entry window is used to enter one or more new recipe items.

Entry window

The New recipe item window is used to enter a single recipe item.

The entry window is opened by the Add command in the context menu of the Recipe panel, or when adding a single recipe item from the clipboard.

New recipe item entry window

The fields are the same as in the Recipe item window.

Multiple entry window

The New recipe items window is used to enter multiple recipe items simultaneously.

The multiple entry window opens only when adding multiple recipe items from the clipboard. The window contains a panel with a list of the copied recipe items.

New recipe items multiple entry window

The fields are the same as in the Recipe item window.

Recipe panel in the Stock item window

The Recipe panel is displayed when With recipe is selected in the Class field.

The Recipe panel contains a list of the ingredients that are included in the stock item recipe. The ingredients are also stock items from the Stock items directory.

Recipe panel

Panel fields:

Volume — volume of the stock item produced by the recipe.
Unit (stock item) — name of the stock item unit of measurement. The value is selected in the Select unit of measurement window. The value of this field defaults to that specified in the Unit (stock item) field in the Properties panel.
Recipe date — date of creation or last update.
Dish weights — optional field to display weights of the 'component' parts of a complete dish (meat, garnish, sauce, etc.) separated by a forward slash, e.g. 300/100/10. Useful for health food settings and special dietary requirements.

Data grid columns:

Stock item — name of ingredient stock item.
Unit (stock item) — unit of measurement for ingredient stock item.
Gross — gross volume of ingredient stock item.
Cold preparation wastage — percentage of gross volume lost in cold processing.
Nett — volume of ingredient stock item after cold processing.
Cooking wastage — percentage of nett volume lost in cooking.
Result — volume after cold processing and cooking.
Comment — short comment.
Type — type of ingredient stock item.
Class — class of ingredient stock item.
Recipe for — name of the stock item whose recipe the ingredient stock item is included in.
Stock item concurrence — stock item concurrence of ingredient stock item.
Index — order of inclusion of ingredient stock item in recipe.
Category — category of ingredient stock item.
Stock item group — stock item group of ingredient stock item.
Protein — protein content of ingredient stock item.
Fats — fat content of ingredient stock item.
Carbohydrates — carbohydrate content of ingredient stock item.
Nutritional values — calorific content of ingredient stock item in kcal.

Context menu commands:

Add (Ins) — add new ingredient stock item.
Edit (F2) — edit ingredient stock items.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Delete (Del) — delete ingredient stock item.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Properties — open stock item editor window for selected stock item(s).

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Stock movement — view operational report on movement of the selected stock items.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Stock item turnover — view operational report on stock turnover of the selected stock items.
Purchase price — view operational report on purchase prices of the selected stock items.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Estimated recipe cost — view Estimated recipe cost operational report.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Recalculate dish weights — recalculate the dish weights value based on ingredients in the recipe.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Clipboard— contains commands for clipboard operations.
Print (Ctrl+P) — print out.
Additional functions — contains additional commands for working with data grids.

New ingredient stock items are added using the New recipe item and Recipe items windows. The Recipe item and Recipe items windows are used for editing.

The permanent delete confirmation prompt is used when deleting recipe ingredient stock items.