Why every recipe wears its dose
The mg number on a Kitchen recipe is not decoration. Here is what it means, where it comes from, and why it is never rounded up.
Open any THC-infused recipe over in Cook and the first thing you meet is a small chip with a number on it: 5 mg per cookie, 2.5 mg per glass, 10 mg per bowl. That chip is the house rule, not a feature. No THC-infused recipe publishes here without one; a recipe with no THC in it wears a "CBD only" badge instead.
What the chip says
The number is per serving — one cookie, one square, one glass — never per batch. Mint means 5 mg or under. Amber means up to 10 mg. Brick means more than 10 mg, and the chip says so plainly. The recipe page also shows the batch: how many servings it makes and the total mg that went into the bowl, so you can check the arithmetic yourself.
Where the number comes from
The dose calculator does the math: flower in, mg out. It takes the grams, the potency on the label, and the infusion method, then walks the same steps every time. Decarbing keeps about 88 percent of the THC. Butter holds about 80 percent of what is left, coconut oil about 85, a tincture about 95, and if you are not sure it assumes 75. Divide by the servings and that is your chip.
The recipe generator can draft a dish from a photo, but a draft is all it is. You edit the ingredients, the servings, and the dose before anything publishes. Nothing infused goes out without a number a person has looked at.
Why it never rounds up
The calculator floors to a tenth of a milligram. 5.99 becomes 5.9, not 6. A recipe that claims less than it holds is the one mistake the forest refuses to make, because a number you can trust is the whole point of writing it down.
A dose you can read is a dose you can trust.
What happens after you bake
Baked it? Post a bake report: a photo, what you changed, how it went. A moderator reads every report before it shows on the recipe. An approved report puts points in your wallet, and the first one earns the Cookie Master patch. That is how a recipe earns its reputation here: real bakes, read by a person. Nothing is marked chef-verified.
What the chip does not do
It does not know your body, your tolerance, or your medications. Your doctor outranks an elf. If it is your first time, the house rule is 2.5 mg, then the full 90 minutes before you even think about more. The beginner's guide walks the whole trail. Start low, go slow, friend.