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To align with Cooklang's goal of being a concise and human-readable recipe format, this proposal introduces a shorthand syntax for ingredient preparations. This change reduces redundancy in recipes, optimises readability, and maintains clarity.

In many recipes, preparation instructions for ingredients (e.g., peeling, chopping) are often repeated, leading to unnecessarily verbose text. For example:

Peel and finely chop @onion{1}. Peel and mince @garlic{2%cloves}.  

Mix onion and garlic into paste.  

This repetition adds clutter without enhancing the recipe's clarity. By introducing shorthand syntax, we can attach preparation instructions directly to ingredient references:

Mix @onion{1}(peeled and finely chopped) and @garlic{2%cloves}(peeled and minced) into paste.  

This approach reduces redundancy while keeping the recipe easy to follow.

Discussion

This proposal is informed by community discussions:

• Allow for short hand preparations in ingredients list to not double count and Ingredient variants shorthand
• Extensions