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Dinner. — Males — Sunday.

A simple Sunday dinner for men consisting of cooked meat, vegetables, bread, and beer.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Meat and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,924 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Dinner. — Males — Sunday.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Prepare 6 oz of cooked meat, ensuring it is free from bone.

  2. Cook 9 oz of vegetables of your choice.

  3. Serve with 8 oz of bread.

  4. Pour ½ pint of beer to accompany the meal.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Meat + breadtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,924 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Bread + beertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together146 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity).

  3. Meat + beertop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Cooked meat
Provides the main protein and savory flavor of the meal.
Vegetables
Add color and a fresh, mild flavor alongside the meat.
Bread
Adds starch to fill the plate and soaks up meat juices.
Beer
Adds malty, slightly bitter flavor that complements the savory meat.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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