Name: Grandma Sophie's Smashed Potato Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 5 pounds potatoes, peeled, cut into 2 inch chunks; 3 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and finely diced; 1/2 cup finely chopped dill pickle; 2 cups mayonnaise; salt to taste

Why it works: Potato and dill work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 423 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Grandma Sophie's Smashed Potato Salad

8 servings

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

5 pounds potatoes, peeled, cut into 2 inch chunks
3 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and finely diced
1/2 cup finely chopped dill pickle
2 cups mayonnaise
salt to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

243Calories

11 gProtein

6 gFat

38 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Potato + dilltop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together423 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Egg + dilltop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,008 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Potato + eggtop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,978 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, dill):

Cucumberfits better
Horseradishfits better
Chivefits better
Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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