Instead of creating separate recipes for items with and without condiments, menu item linking enables you to use the same recipe created for adding the condiment, but with a negative quantity. For example, imagine you have a menu item for cheeseburger that is linked to the cheeseburger recipe. The cheeseburger recipe contains:
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1 ea. patty
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1 ea. bun
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1 ea. slice cheese
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1 oz. ketchup
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1 oz. mustard
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1 oz. onions
A server rings in 1 Cheeseburger NO Ketchup. Since the recipe for cheeseburger depletes 1 oz. of ketchup, you need to add it back so that ketchup is not depleted. Therefore, you would link the No Ketchup modifier to the ketchup 1 oz. recipe with a negative 1 quantity.