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Dutch Lunch Sandwich

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 32,460 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Dutch Lunch Sandwich

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Take two large salted crackers, placing on one. two very thin slices of Bermuda onions, then a layer of minced sardines ;

  2. PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 363

  3. over all, squeeze lemon juice; then put the other buttered cracker on top. Or minced sardines and chopped onions, with a lettuce leaf, between the two crackers. — Contributed.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

499Calories
14 gProtein
1 gFat
105 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Onion1 medium (110g)44

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.

  1. Onion + flourtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together32,460 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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