stoichiometry talking blues divya vig. i planned a party for saturday night, i wanted everything to...

Stoichiometry

Talking BluesDivya Vig

I planned a party for Saturday night,

I wanted everything to be just right.

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I invited everyone I knew,Even crazy Uncle Lou.



Now people at a party like to eat, So I needed to have some kind of treat.

I didn’t want to buy a cake, so I finally set my mind to make,

Some cookies- homemade chocolate chip cookies.





So I got out my cookin’ book,Opened it up and took a look.



1 cup shortening, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/2 tsp water, 2 eggs, 2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt, 2 cups chocolate chips, 1 cup chopped nuts.



It said it would make 100 cookies…

Had a bunch of mixing and baking directions,

Sounded pretty good to me…Except for one problem…NOT ENOUGH COOKIES!ESPECIALLY FOR UNCLE LOU!





Now I figured a cookie recipe is like an equation in chemistry,

And it was very plain to see, I could use a little stoichiometry.



To make 200 cookies or so, I needed about twice as much dough.

So it made a lot of sense, to double all the ingredients.









So I got out a calculator…

Multiplied everything by two…

Got out all the stuff…

And started measuring!



2 cups shortening, 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, 3 cups granulated sugar, 2 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp water, 4 eggs, 4 cups flour, 2 tsp baking soda, 2 tsp salt, 4 cups chocolate chips, 2 cups chopped nuts.





I mixed it all up… bakes at 200 cookies… even though I increased the amount of each ingredient… I maintained the same relative proportions.





Well everyone came and it was neat,They saw the cookies and started to eat.



Uncle Lou ate the most,Said I was a fantastic host.



Said all you need is a recipe,And a little stoichiometry.



