What is ea in some recipes theay say sugar 1 ea

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Ingredients Amounts

Onions, red 2 ea.

Chiles, green 4 ea.

Ginger, fresh, 1 inch piece 1 ea.

Tomato 2 ea.

Posted by: pauljoseph
February 6, 2012

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Nelli K.September 20, 2017

By my understanding it stands for each as in if the recipe is for 4 person/serving you have to use 2 pieces of tomato for each servings.
I may be completely wrong as my native language is not english, but in my language and concept of cooking it means that.

MarcusVFebruary 6, 2012

Does the "each" mean "each single recipe"?

susan G.February 6, 2012

Each, meaning a piece, a single thing. For sugar, could it mean a cube?

pierinoFebruary 6, 2012

Sometimes recipes are just flat out badly written.

jmburnsFebruary 6, 2012

EA is each but I do not understand 1 ea for sugar. What cookbook did it come from?

creamteaFebruary 6, 2012

ea. = each

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