Timeline for How do I easily divide dough into thirds?
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| Oct 27, 2015 at 18:10 | comment | added | takeshi2010 | @David: More care, yes (then again, rolling a perfect cylinder out of dough, that sounds like something that requires a lot of care too). More accuracy, no. Without measuring instruments, dividing by 2 is a lot easier to compute for the human brain than visually estimating a third. | |
| Oct 27, 2015 at 11:05 | comment | added | David Richerby | This requires much more care and accuracy than the obvious solution of rolling the dough into a cylinder and cutting it off-centre so that the smaller piece is half the length of the longer piece. | |
| Oct 26, 2015 at 15:18 | history | edited | Alex | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 26, 2015 at 13:56 | comment | added | takeshi2010 | @ChrisWue: It's not that hard ;-). In any case, you can always try to make a perfect circle, but that'd be just as hard, if not more and you'd have to estimate the length of an arc that represents exactly 2/3 of the perimeter (for me, one of the hardest thing to do). I'd have to try to be 100% sure, but I think this solution is sound and relatively easy to do with only a big kitchen knife (use the blade to shape the triangle) and a roll (to even it's height). | |
| Oct 26, 2015 at 13:50 | comment | added | takeshi2010 | Finally found the time to make all the edits. Thanks for the comments, people. | |
| Oct 26, 2015 at 13:49 | history | edited | takeshi2010 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2015 at 22:49 | comment | added | user2813274 | You can always edit your answer to add it in | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 17:50 | comment | added | ChrisWue | Interesting idea, unfortunately shaping the dough into a triangle is fairly involved - dough is much easier to roll up or put into a circular shape. | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 16:50 | comment | added | BrettFromLA | I understand your explanation, but a picture would help. Like this one: hyle.org/journal/issues/13-2/lloyd_fig1.jpg | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 15:38 | comment | added | takeshi2010 | @JBentley: exactly. I wanted to add it but didn't have the time. | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 14:54 | comment | added | JBentley | @holroy Every time you make a cut from a corner to the opposite side, you divide it in two. Since there are three corners, 3 x 2 = 6. I don't think his explanation was unclear. I can see how the method can be improved with your suggestion though (simply cut from each corner to the centre point of the triangle to be left with 3 pieces). | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 11:24 | comment | added | holroy | Why do you then get 6 pieces, which needs to be doubled to get the wanted three pieces? Something is off in your explanation. | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 11:21 | comment | added | takeshi2010 | Isn't cutting at the corner the same thing as cutting at the angles? | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 11:08 | comment | added | holroy | If you have made a triangle, you can just cut in the corners, and have your the pieces... | |
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| Oct 25, 2015 at 11:06 | history | answered | takeshi2010 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
