Why it works: Squab and chicken work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Squabs, Chicken, Etc
Ingredients
Directions
Stew or broil squabs and chickens.
Select the most tender parts for young children.
Minced fine white meat of roast chicken or turkey can be given.
Broil partridge and pheasant, using the breast for serving.
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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Squab + chickentop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together27 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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