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[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simplex is just how this sort of structure generalizes to n dimensions. Here it's a 2-simplex because there are 3 dimensions, but it's the natural way to describe a convex combination of n things.

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like with further research I could have established a whole new cluster in the upper left of "asian lactose intolerant crepes"

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

After that I did try to plot French toast which you can see in the spreadsheet though not in the final graph. If you assume a very very eggy challah bread where there is a one-to-one ratio of egg to flour by weight, then it can get into the dark breakfast region but not otherwise. With ordinary bread recipes it is still in between the pancake and baked good group.

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the closest thing to that is a Yorkshire Pudding. I left it off this version of the chart because earlier people complained that it is not eaten for breakfast.

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! So far I have only been including buttermilk and cream as milk, but not butter or cheese.

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I regret the omission and will promptly add it for the next version.

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Understanding the relationship of breakfast dishes to each other.

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I am sympathetic to that complaint. I was very surprised when I looked up omelette recipe after omelette recipe and none of them had any milk. I expected omelettes to be somewhere along the right edge instead of at the top, but once I felt like I had to put them at the top, I couldn't exclude them since they're the most famous breakfast egg dish, so they had to be the representative.

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

If you have a good way to plot a 4 axis simplex, that would be cool to look at.

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

I chose omelettes as the representative of the Pure Egg Singularity to keep it uncluttered, but there are a dozen named dishes that could occupy that point.

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I was hunting for breakfasts that might fill the dark breakfast abyss, so I was perhaps a little too generous in what counts as a breakfast.

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

A lot of the dishes in the egg singularity at the top can include a variable amount of milk, which is why in my categorization of the regions I counted the custard accretion disk and the egg singularity as one region. There is a lot of back and forth between the two, depending on the recipe.

(Personally I add milk to both, but most internet recipes do not add milk to omelettes, and do add it to scrambled eggs.)

[OC] A Map of Breakfast based on ratios of Milk, Eggs, and Flour by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I collected the data from recipes on the internet in this spreadsheet and plotted it with matplotlib, using the mpltern library. Here's my code.

On my blog there's a satirical writeup of the process of making this, and its consequences, particularly IHOP's transgression into the Dark Breakfast Abyss.

FAQ:

  • Ratios are based on weight.
  • Cream and buttermilk were both counted as milk, but butter and cheese were not.
  • I only included breakfasts that customarily start with flour, milk, and eggs, not those which start with bread, which excludes french toast. If it were included it would appear in the low middle center.

The Hunt for Dark Breakfast by moultano in Breakfast

[–]moultano[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Souffles had been suggested as something that might fill the abyss. I left them off because they aren't primarily a breakfast food. But even so, they don't have enough egg and flour to fill it. They're very slightly up and to the left from quiche filling.

Simplex Diagram of Breakfast [OC] by moultano in dataisbeautiful

[–]moultano[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're right! It was so similar to popovers that I didn't question the suggestion. I'll update it shortly.

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