Name: Christmas Salad
Ingredients: one-fourth teaspoonful each salt; one-eighth teaspoonful paprika; one tablespoonful each vinegar; two seedless oranges; four table- spoonfuls olive oil

Why it works: Orange and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,456 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Christmas Salad

Ingredients

one-fourth teaspoonful each salt
one-eighth teaspoonful paprika
one tablespoonful each vinegar
two seedless oranges
four table- spoonfuls olive oil

Directions

Remove Malaga grapes from stems. Wipe each grape sepa- rately and take out seeds. Make a cut in each grape beginning at stem end and extending the entire length. Insert in cut a narrow strip of canned pimento. Pare two seedless oranges and at the same time remove the white portion from the fruit ; then separate the fruit into sections, discarding the tough por- tion. Arrange crisp lettuce-leaves on a shallow salad-dish in the form of nests and fill each with grapes ; between nests arrange the sections of orange. Pour over French dressing made as follows : Mix one-fourth teaspoonful each salt and powdered sugar, one-eighth teaspoonful paprika, four table- spoonfuls olive oil and one tablespoonful each vinegar and lemon juice. Stir until well blended.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

184Calories

1 gProtein

14 gFat

15 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
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.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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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.

Orange + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,456 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Vinegar + olivetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,297 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Vinegar + orangetop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,245 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).