Why it works: Pineapple and cabbage share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 32 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
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Contains: wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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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.
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Pineapple + cabbagetop 12% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together32 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
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Rice + porktop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,025 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
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Ginger + cabbagetop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together545 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Ginger + pineappletop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together559 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Vinegar + pineappletop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together409 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the ginger
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, rice, vinegar, pineapple, pork, cabbage):
- Pepperabout as good a flavor fit
- Gingerthe original
- Garlicabout as good a flavor fit
- Celeryabout as good a flavor fit
Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, rice, vinegar, pineapple, pork, cabbage. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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