Why it works: Onion and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68,474 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
Shrimp and Lobster Sandwich
Ingredients
Directions
One can meat chopped fine, equal part celery chopped fine, one teaspoon vinegar, and pepper and salt to taste. When ready to serve, mix with one very small cup of stiff mayon- naise. Have your bread well buttered, put in a leaf of lettuce and spread with mixture. This portion makes thirty-six sand- wiches.
Elizabeth Kerckhoff. WALNUT SANDWICH.
Shell half a pound of English walnuts. Put the kernels into a pint of boiling water ; boil for a minute ; drain, and cover with stock; add a bay leaf, a few celery tops and a slice of onion. Cook gently for twenty minutes, drain and skim ; chop fine, add half a teaspoonful of salt and a dash of cayenne or paprika. Spread between thin slices of buttered bread. These are very nice served with lobster a la Newberg.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Cayenne | 1 tsp (1.8g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| 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.
Explore the science
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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Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together68,474 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Walnut + peppertop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,039 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Vinegar + oniontop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together18,226 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
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Vinegar + peppertop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together27,814 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Walnut + oniontop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,771 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the walnut
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, onion, pepper):
- Sesamefits better
- Black-eyed peafits better
- Soybeanfits better
- Walnutthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against vinegar, onion, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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