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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 29 ingredients
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Why it works: Peas and asparagus match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 808 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Dinner

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Prepare Consomme Colbert as a starter.

  2. Cook split peas until tender.

  3. Chop celery and serve with olives.

  4. Broil pompano until cooked through.

  5. Fry Saratoga potatoes until golden.

  6. Boil capon until fully cooked.

  7. Roast beef in the oven until desired doneness.

  8. Cook spring lamb until tender.

  9. Prepare sweetbreads by sautéing until golden.

  10. Make Lobster Newburg by combining lobster with a creamy sauce.

  11. Mash potatoes and boil additional potatoes.

  12. Steam new asparagus and peas until bright green.

  13. Cook corn until tender.

  14. Prepare Cardinal punch as a beverage.

  15. Toss lettuce with tomato mayonnaise for a salad.

  16. Make Indian pudding and serve with pie.

  17. Serve fresh strawberries with ice cream.

  18. Bake cake and serve with nuts and raisins.

  19. Offer cheese and crackers as a side.

  20. Brew coffee to serve at the end.

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. Peas + asparagustop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together808 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Potato + asparagustop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together217 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Beef + lambtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together896 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Celery + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Olive + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peas, olive, potato, beef, lamb, lobster, asparagus):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against peas, olive, potato, beef, lamb, lobster, asparagus. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.