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Old-School Baltimore Crab Soup

"This crab soup recipe mirrors the traditional crab soups made by Baltimore women over the last 50 years. It is a milder-flavored, lighter-colored soup than the ones typically served in modern seafood restaurants. Homemade crab soup is a staple at most Maryland cookouts and family gatherings. Serve with crackers."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Old-School Baltimore Crab Soup

Why it works: Carrot and potato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,107 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Old-School Baltimore Crab Soup

12 servings
Prep25 min
Cook4 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1122Calories
78 gProtein
23 gFat
158 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Lima Bean1/2 cup (85g) cooked108
Blue Crab100g cooked97
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Carrot + potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Potato + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together938 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Tomato + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,798 recipes

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

  4. Barley + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Pepper + cabbagetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,081 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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, ham, barley, pepper, tomato, potato, corn):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Asparagusfits better
  3. Okrafits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, ham, barley, pepper, tomato, potato, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.