Why it works: Meat and cottonseed work together. They rank in the top 34% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓
Sausage Packed in Oil
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 160°F (71°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Do not use water in the sausage mixture.
Pack the sausage tightly into cans.
Process the cans for at least 30 minutes at 160°F (71°C).
Allow the cans to cool, ensuring a good vacuum seal.
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.
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Meat + cottonseedtop 34% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
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