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Guyanese Potato Salad

A salad of boiled potatoes, macaroni, peppers, celery, shallots, corn, mayonnaise, and evaporated milk.

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Why it works: Pepper and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Guyanese Potato Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the potatoes and macaroni

  1. Peel, wash and dice potatoes.

  2. Boil potatoes with salt until tender and drain.

  3. Boil macaroni separately with salt and drain also.

  4. Set aside to cool.

Assemble the salad

  1. Wash and chop peppers, celery, and shallot.

  2. Add this to macaroni and potato.

  3. Add corn and mayonnaise and mix.

  4. Add a little evaporated milk until everything is just right to the taste.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

484Calories
22 gProtein
15 gFat
71 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Macaroninot 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. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  2. Potato + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together938 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Potato + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 recipes

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

  4. Potato + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together272 recipes

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

  5. Celery + corntop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together920 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Provide the bulk and soft, tender texture of the salad.
Macaroni
Adds body and a firm bite that holds the salad together.
Mayonnaise
Adds fat and moisture that bind the salad and carry the flavour.
Evaporated milk
Thins the dressing and adds a little creaminess to the salad.

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, pepper, celery, corn, evaporated milk):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, pepper, celery, corn, evaporated milk. 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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