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Thousand Island Dressing I

"Play with the ingredients to develop a dressing that meets your tastes. You can use between 1 and 2 tablespoons of ketchup, or substitute relish for the chopped dill pickle. Use your imagination!"

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Thousand Island Dressing I

Why it works: Ketchup and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,099 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Thousand Island Dressing I

2 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

266Calories
17 gProtein
14 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4

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.

  1. Ketchup + saucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Evaporated milk + saucetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Garlic + dilltop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together943 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Evaporated milk + ketchuptop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together0 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sauce + garlictop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,007 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (evaporated milk, ketchup, sauce, garlic):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Celeryfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against evaporated milk, ketchup, sauce, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.