Complex conversion of text to org table

[Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>]

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Hi list

so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i have one issue
which is to convert text based ingridents list into org tables.

for example take this list

3/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons butter, melted
cooking spray

if i mark this as a region and issue
`org-table-create-or-convert-from-region` this is the result

|     3/4 | cup         | milk        |         |      |        |     |
  |         |
|       2 | tablespoons | white       | vinegar | (%or | better | yet |
lemon | juice%) |
|       1 | cup         | all-purpose | flour   |      |        |     |
  |         |
|       2 | tablespoons | white       | sugar   |      |        |     |
  |         |
|       1 | teaspoon    | baking      | powder  |      |        |     |
  |         |
|     1/2 | teaspoon    | baking      | soda    |      |        |     |
  |         |
|     1/2 | teaspoon    | salt        |         |      |        |     |
  |         |
|       1 | egg         |             |         |      |        |     |
  |         |
|       2 | tablespoons | butter,     | melted  |      |        |     |
  |         |
| cooking | spray       |             |         |      |        |     |
  |         |


as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right yet the
actual ingredients is cut into several columns

i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more intelligent way
of auto directing the conversion to split it the correct way?

if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way? perhaps a
command to quick delete the separator (|) across all the column?

thx alot in advance

Z

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