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To Boil Turnips

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 6 ingredients
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To Boil Turnips

Why it works: Cream and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,399 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

To Boil Turnips

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

240Calories
10 gProtein
14 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Turnip1 medium (122g)34
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Gheenot in our table0

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

Recipe from a historical cookbook.

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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Explore the science

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. Cream + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Turnip + white peppertop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together275 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  3. Cream + white peppertop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,439 recipes
  4. Milk + gheetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together353 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  5. Turnip + milktop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together865 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turnip, cream, milk, ghee):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turnip, cream, milk, ghee. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.