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To Preserve Asparagus During the Winter

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Asparagus and mutton work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 92 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

To Preserve Asparagus During the Winter

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

27Calories
3 gProtein
0 gFat
5 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Muttonnot 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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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. Asparagus + muttontop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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