Name: Scalloped Potatoes III
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup; 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of celery soup; 1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 2 1/2 cups low-fat milk; 10 pounds potatoes, peeled and sliced; 2 teaspoons salt (optional); 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Scalloped Potatoes III

10 servings

Prep25 min

Cook1 hr 20 min

Ingredients

2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of celery soup
1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 1/2 cups low-fat milk
10 pounds potatoes, peeled and sliced
2 teaspoons salt (optional)
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

549Calories

24 gProtein

23 gFat

66 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Garlic + potatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Mushroom + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,700 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, mushroom, onion, garlic, milk, potato, pepper):

Thymefits better
Parsleyfits about as well
Celerythe original
Marjoramfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, mushroom, onion, garlic, milk, potato, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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