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Mountain Salad

A Haitian salad of boiled vegetables, eggs, and mayonnaise.

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Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Mountain Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the vegetables

  1. Boil and peel mirliton, carrots, potatoes, beets, turnip and zucchini.

  2. Boil peas and string beans.

Assemble the salad

  1. Cut cooked vegetables into 1/2 inch cubes; cube eggs; add peas and string beans.

  2. Mix with parsley, celery leaves, mayonnaise and vinegar. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

421Calories
19 gProtein
6 gFat
76 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Turnip1 medium (122g)34
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Beannot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Carrot + turniptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,002 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

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

  5. Celery + turniptop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Hold their shape when cubed, giving the salad body and bulk.
Mayonnaise
Adds fat and creaminess, binding the cubed vegetables and eggs together.
Vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and cuts the richness of the mayonnaise.
Eggs
Add protein, richness and soft texture to the mix of crisp vegetables.

The step that matters

Cooking the vegetables until just tender. Overcooked vegetables turn soft and mushy, and they break apart when cut into even cubes. Boiling them until just tender keeps the cubes intact and the salad textured.

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, carrot, potato, beans, celery, parsley, turnip):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, carrot, potato, beans, celery, parsley, turnip. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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