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Spam™-a-licious Not-So-Caesar Salad

"My partner and I invented this recipe by accident one afternoon, when we thought there was 'no food left'! Don't underestimate the Spam™ - although it's average uncooked, when cooked it is almost undistinguishable from crispy bacon. Give it a try!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Spam™-a-licious Not-So-Caesar Salad

Why it works: Feta cheese and parmesan cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 94 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Spam™-a-licious Not-So-Caesar Salad

2 large salads
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

776Calories
64 gProtein
54 gFat
12 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Anchovy100g210
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Meatnot in our table0
Leafnot 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. Feta cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together94 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Lettuce + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together427 recipes

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

  3. Mushroom + spinachtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together778 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Mushroom + parmesan cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,199 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Spinach + peanuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together88 recipes

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

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (meat, mushroom, lettuce, spinach, egg, feta cheese, parmesan cheese):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against meat, mushroom, lettuce, spinach, egg, feta cheese, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.