Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓
Potted Pigeons
Ingredients
Directions
Stuff, salt, season with salt and pepper, roll in flour, brown in salt pork fat, put in stew-pan and cover with brown gravy, cook till tender. Brown two tablespoons of butter, add two tablespoons of flour, brown, pour on one pint hot water, cover the pigeons ; add half spoon Worcestershire sauce.
Mrs. Ozro W. Childs. BROILED QUAILS.
Singe and draw the quails, split them lengthwise down the back and wipe them with a damp cloth. Season with salt and- pepper, rub them well in warm butter and dredge with flour. Place the birds on a gridiron over a clear fire and broil for ten minutes.' Cut some thick slices of bread, remove the crusts, toast and butter them and lay them on a hot dish. Place a quail when cooked on each side, garnish with parsley and serve.
Mrs. M. J. Connbll. SMOTHERED QUAILS.
Split quail up back, rub all over with flour, salt and pep- per, enough water to keep from burning. Butter entire bird, let bake in covered pan half hour. Make gravy of what is in pan by adding a little flour. Serve each bird on toast with gravy poured over it.
Mrs. Jbrry Conroy. JUGGED RABBIT.
Clean a rabbit, disjoint it, cut the body in four pieces, cut one-half pound of salt pork in small pieces, put them in a stew-pan with one ounce of butter and toss it over the fire until the butter has melted ; then put in the pieces of rabbit and fry until lightly browned. Sprinkle on one tablespoon of flour, pour in half pint each of claret and of broth, add eight small onions, a bunch of sweet herbs, a clove of garlic, two or three cloves, and place the stew-pan over the fire until it boils ; then move to one side and allow to simmer gently until ten- der. When cooked, place the pieces of rabbit on a hot dish, arrange the onions around them, strain the cooking liquor through a hair sieve and serve.
Mrs. J. G. Mossin.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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.
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Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together29,058 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together17,451 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
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Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together27,090 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together11,368 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Pork + oniontop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together18,214 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, pork, garlic, sauce, onion, pepper):
- Capersfits better
- Parsleyfits better
- Thymefits better
- Clovethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against butter, flour, pork, garlic, sauce, onion, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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