Name: Dog Egg Salad
Ingredients: 10 hard boiled eggs; 2 small baby cabbage chopped finely; 1 ½ cups chopped parsley or dill; 1 cup mayonnaise; 1 ½ cups Dijon mustard; Salt; Pepper; 3 – 5 slices of bread cut into bite size pieces

Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Dog Egg Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

Peel the hard boiled eggs and cut them into small wedges.
Put the wedges into a mixing bowl.

Make the dressing

In a separate bowl, mix the baby cabbage, mayonnaise, mustard, salt, and pepper to taste.
Pour this sauce over the eggs.

Serve

Spread the bread pieces on the plate and put the egg mixture over the bread.
If there are leftovers, put them in the refrigerator for no longer than a day.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

602Calories

24 gProtein

7 gFat

109 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

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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.

Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Cabbage + mustardtop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,645 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cabbage + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,081 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Parsley + mustardtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,588 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Cabbage + parsleytop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together660 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Hard boiled eggs: Form the main body of the salad, providing protein-rich bulk and a soft texture.
Mayonnaise: Adds fat and moisture, binding the salad and giving it a creamy texture.
Dijon mustard: Adds sharp, tangy flavour and helps emulsify the dressing.
Baby cabbage: Adds crisp texture and a mild, fresh bite to the salad.
Bread: Forms a soft base under the egg mixture, soaking up some of the dressing.

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, parsley, mustard, pepper, bread):

Shallotfits better
Horseradishfits better
Chivefits better
Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, parsley, mustard, pepper, bread. 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.