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Sweet and Sour Greens

"Even children will eat these greens! Every time I cook them, someone wants the recipe. Use fresh collard, kale, or mustard greens."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Sweet and Sour Greens

Why it works: Vinegar and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and 27,814 recipes mention both. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Sweet and Sour Greens

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook35 min

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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.

  1. Vinegar + peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together20,806 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + peppertop 32% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together19,401 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and pepper share little aroma chemistry, yet 19,401 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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