Comments on: Cooking Fine, Counting Not So Much http://www.stevekass.com/2010/03/04/cooking-fine-counting-not-so-much/ this is my glass container Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Kass http://www.stevekass.com/2010/03/04/cooking-fine-counting-not-so-much/comment-page-1/#comment-9762 Steve Kass Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:28:24 +0000 http://stevekass.com/2010/03/04/cooking-fine-counting-not-so-much/#comment-9762 Thanks for stopping by and resolving the mystery of the pasta number, Sarah. As for how many of these pasta combinations are tasty? That's an easy one for me calculate: lots and lots and lots! No mystery at all. :) Steve (happy subscriber of Fine Cooking since 1995) Thanks for stopping by and resolving the mystery of the pasta number, Sarah.

As for how many of these pasta combinations are tasty? That’s an easy one for me calculate: lots and lots and lots! No mystery at all. :)

Steve (happy subscriber of Fine Cooking since 1995)

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Thanks for checking our math–and you’re correct in your calculation of the absolute maximum number of combinations for this recipe maker.

We ran the permutation two different ways: on the lower numbers of the spectrum as well as on the higher number. We decided to go with the lower number in our headline, since, well, 259,200 is more pasta than I’ll ever get to in my lifetime (don’t know about you!).

4 Flavor Bases (1 choice)

3 Sauces (1 choice)

9 Sauce Enhancers (2 choices)

8 Pasta (1 choice)

5 Vegetables (1 choice)

6 Cheese (2 choices)

4 x 3 x ((9 x 8)/2) x 8 x 5 x ((6 x 5)/2) = 259,200

Now maybe you can help us grapple with an even trickier question: how many of these combinations do you think are actually tasty? :-)

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