You can use a Pantry XML file that contains recipes just as you would use any Pantry file. As we discussed earlier when we talked about creating foods, I would recommend adding the contents of a Pantry XML file to a Pantry native file, because Pantry works with native files much faster than it works with XML files.
Example 7.6. Using a Pantry XML file
$
pantry --name "Omari's Chili" --print traits-units-nuts \
>
recipes.xml
Omari's Chili 1 serving (364g) serving cup Nutrient Amount %G %TOT ------------------------------------------------------- Calories 287 kcal 14 100 Total Fat 5 g 7 100 Saturated Fat 1 g 6 100 Cholesterol 30 mg 10 100 Sodium 1052 mg 44 100 Total Carbohydrate 44 g 15 100 Dietary Fiber 11 g 43 100 Sugars 8 g NA 100 Protein 20 g 40 100 Vitamin A 591 IU 12 100 Vitamin C 33 mg 55 100 Calcium 124 mg 12 100 Iron 5 mg 29 100
Example 7.7. Adding a recipe to a Pantry native file
$
pantry --name "Omari's Chili" --add master recipes.xml
$
pantry --name "Omari's Chili" --print names master
Omari's Chili
Now that you know how to create recipes, you will
find that there are several additional reports that will
come in handy when you are using the
--print
option. You can use all the
reports you have already learned about; they work
identically with both regular foods and with recipes.
The most handy additional report is the
recipe
report. It gives you a
plain-text representation of a recipe, along with some
additional handy information such as the weight of each
ingredient:
Example 7.8. The recipe
report
$
pantry --name "Omari's Chili" --print recipe master
Omari's Chili 6 quart pot (2181g) 1/2 lb (8.000oz, 227g) Poultry food products, ground turkey, raw 1 medium (2-1/2" dia) (3.880oz, 110g) Onions, raw 1 medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2" dia) (4.198oz, 119g) Peppers, sweet, green, raw 15 oz (15.000oz, 425g) Beans, pinto, mature seeds, canned 15 oz (15.000oz, 425g) Beans, black turtle soup, mature seeds, canned 15 oz (15.000oz, 425g) Beans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, canned 14.5 oz (14.500oz, 411g) Tomatoes, red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice 1 can (6 oz) (5.996oz, 170g) Tomato products, canned, paste, with salt added 2 cup 8 fl oz (16.720oz, 474g) Water, tap, drinking Cook turkey, onions, and bell peppers together in 6-quart stockpot until turkey is crumbly and onions are soft. Rinse beans, and toss into pot with remaining ingredients. Cook until thickened. Add spices, such as chili powder, red pepper, salt, oregano, garlic powder, and cumin, to taste.
You can get the same information by using
--print
names-yield-blank-ingredients-blank-directions
,
but --print recipe
is a bit shorter to
type. You can use the other reports, such as
ingredients
, if you're only
interested in a subset of the information. Of course,
you can combine the recipe
report
with other Pantry reports. You can also use handy
utilities such as fold, which should
already be installed if you are using a GNU operating
system.[19]
This gives you nice printer-ready output that you
can feed to lp:
Example 7.9. Using the recipe
report with
other cool stuff
$
pantry --name "Omari's Chili" --print recipe-blank- \
>
traits-nuts master | fold --spaces --width=68
Omari's Chili 6 quart pot (2181g) 1/2 lb (8.000oz, 227g) Poultry food products, ground turkey, raw 1 medium (2-1/2" dia) (3.880oz, 110g) Onions, raw 1 medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2" dia) (4.198oz, 119g) Peppers, sweet, green, raw 15 oz (15.000oz, 425g) Beans, pinto, mature seeds, canned 15 oz (15.000oz, 425g) Beans, black turtle soup, mature seeds, canned 15 oz (15.000oz, 425g) Beans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, canned 14.5 oz (14.500oz, 411g) Tomatoes, red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice 1 can (6 oz) (5.996oz, 170g) Tomato products, canned, paste, with salt added 2 cup 8 fl oz (16.720oz, 474g) Water, tap, drinking Cook turkey, onions, and bell peppers together in 6-quart stockpot until turkey is crumbly and onions are soft. Rinse beans, and toss into pot with remaining ingredients. Cook until thickened. Add spices, such as chili powder, red pepper, salt, oregano, garlic powder, and cumin, to taste. Omari's Chili 1 serving (364g) Nutrient Amount %G %TOT ------------------------------------------------------- Calories 287 kcal 14 100 Total Fat 5 g 7 100 Saturated Fat 1 g 6 100 Cholesterol 30 mg 10 100 Sodium 1052 mg 44 100 Total Carbohydrate 44 g 15 100 Dietary Fiber 11 g 43 100 Sugars 8 g NA 100 Protein 20 g 40 100 Vitamin A 591 IU 12 100 Vitamin C 33 mg 55 100 Calcium 124 mg 12 100 Iron 5 mg 29 100
Now that you know how to create both foods and recipes, you can create them both in the same Pantry XML file.
[19] Non-GNU UNIX systems will likely have a
fold utility installed, but
it might not have handy options such as
--spaces
. Windows won't have
fold at all.