Name: Cherry and Pineapple Salad
Ingredients: 1 can Libby’s Hawaiian Pineapple; 1 can Libby’s Cherries; Head lettuce; Mayonnaise

Why it works: Pineapple and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 271 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Cherry and Pineapple Salad

Ingredients

1 can Libby’s Hawaiian Pineapple
1 can Libby’s Cherries
Head lettuce
Mayonnaise

Directions

Place a ring of Libby’s Hawaiian Pineapple on a plate lined with head lettuce.
Add a spoonful of mayonnaise in the center.
Top with Libby’s Cherries.

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.

Pineapple + lettucetop 10% of all pairs

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Cooked together271 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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What each ingredient does

Libby’s hawaiian pineapple: Adds sweetness and juicy acidity that balances the rich mayonnaise.
Libby’s cherries: Adds sweetness and a bright fruity flavor on top of the salad.
Mayonnaise: Adds fat and creaminess that gives the fruit a smooth, rich coating.

“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.