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Spinach with Buttered-eggs

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Spinach and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,189 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Spinach + eggtop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Cream + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

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

  3. Egg + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together118,511 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Spinach + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,129 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetaldehyde (pungent, ethereal).

  5. Cream + eggtop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together41,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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