Name: Olive and Potato Salad
Ingredients: two tablespoonfuls of french dressing; two medium-sized cold boiled potatoes; two hard- boiled eggs; six large olives

Why it works: Potato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,458 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Olive and Potato Salad

Ingredients

two tablespoonfuls of french dressing
two medium-sized cold boiled potatoes
two hard- boiled eggs
six large olives

Directions

Cut up two medium-sized cold boiled potatoes, two hard- boiled eggs, and six large olives. Mix these and pour over them two tablespoonfuls of French dressing. Set on the ice for two hours, and mix with mayonnaise just before serving on lettuce.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

243Calories

11 gProtein

6 gFat

38 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Olive	1 large (4g)	4

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.

Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,458 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Potato + eggtop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,978 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Egg + olivetop 31% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,340 recipes

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