Name: Southern Appalachian Collard Greens
Ingredients: 8 ounces Diced White Onion; 4 pounds Collard Greens – Washed, Trimmed & Cut; 2 ounces Dried Ground Mustard; 1 ounces Kosher Salt; 1 ounces Ground Black Pepper; 1 cup White Distilled Vinegar; 1 each Smoked Ham Hock or Meaty Ham Bone (leftover); 8 ounces Bacon Grease; 1 Gallon Water

Why it works: Onion and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 9,259 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Southern Appalachian Collard Greens

Ingredients

8 ounces Diced White Onion
4 pounds Collard Greens – Washed, Trimmed & Cut
2 ounces Dried Ground Mustard
1 ounces Kosher Salt
1 ounces Ground Black Pepper
1 cup White Distilled Vinegar
1 each Smoked Ham Hock or Meaty Ham Bone (leftover)
8 ounces Bacon Grease
1 Gallon Water

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By bunkycooks. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together9,259 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together14,067 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together15,430 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + vinegartop 14% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together18,226 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mustard, pepper, vinegar, ham):

Horseradishbetter flavor fit
Lettucebetter flavor fit
Shallotbetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, pepper, vinegar, ham. 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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