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Southern Collard Greens

Cooking collard greens slowly over low heat with some type of bacon and an ingredient to lend a spicy kick is a traditional approach. The result is tender greens with a spice-flecked pork-flavored broth.

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Southern Collard Greens

Why it works: Canola oil and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,125 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Southern Collard Greens

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By williamssonoma. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Canola oil + peppertop 19% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,125 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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