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ChangsWife t1_j0vvhxx wrote

I've never seen a chart l like this! What do the bar lengths and color intensities/opacities(?) indicate?

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ns0 OP t1_j0vvl8t wrote

The amount the ingredient deviates from above or below the average.

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ChangsWife t1_j0vvsta wrote

The average of that recipe across sources?

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ns0 OP t1_j0vw67e wrote

The columns are the recipes and the rows are all of the ingredients across every recipe; then the dots represent whether the recipe contains the ingredient and the intensity and direction indicates if it uses more or less than the average amount of that ingredient.

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ChangsWife t1_j0vwebr wrote

Got it! What is the name of this tool/table?

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ns0 OP t1_j0vwx9j wrote

Uhm, good question, I just coded it up for my website with html, css and javascript; i'm not sure what the name of it might be.

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ChangsWife t1_j0vw0xp wrote

As in Food Network uses ingredient X in their version of grilled cheese Y but [Other recipe source] doesnt use it all

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