Name: Mom's Mustard Style Potato Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 6 large potatoes - peeled and cubed; 3 eggs; 1 onion, finely chopped; 3 stalks celery, diced; 3 teaspoons sweet pickle relish; 1 (4 ounce) jar pimentos; 2 teaspoons prepared mustard; 3 tablespoons creamy salad dressing; 1 teaspoon paprika

Why it works: Celery and mustard are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Mom's Mustard Style Potato Salad

8 servings

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

292Calories

12 gProtein

6 gFat

49 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Relish	not in our table	0
Pimento	not in our table	0
Salad Dressing	not in our table	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.

Celery + mustardtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,169 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,259 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + celerytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,047 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Potato + mustardtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,340 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

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

Horseradishfits better
Chivefits better
Lettucefits better
Onionthe original

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

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