Name: Veal Cutlets
Ingredients: one tablespoonful of clarified butter; two tablespoonfuls of 32 practical cook book water; a cupful of sweet milk to the gravy in the spider; 32 practical cook book water; salt; pepper

Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Veal Cutlets

Ingredients

one tablespoonful of clarified butter
two tablespoonfuls of 32 practical cook book water
a cupful of sweet milk to the gravy in the spider
32 practical cook book water
salt
pepper

Directions

Rub the chops with salt, sugar and pepper ; dredge with flour ; heat one tablespoonful of clarified butter or drippings in the spider; brown the chops nicely on both sides; add two tablespoonfuls of
32 PRACTICAL COOK BOOK
water; cover the spider closely and let simmer ten minutes; serve on a hot platter; add one-fourth of a cupful of sweet milk to the gravy in the spider, and serve with the chops.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

257Calories

8 gProtein

20 gFat

14 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
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.

By Tracy, Suzanne. [from old catalog]. 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.

Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together85,593 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Milk + peppertop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together26,984 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).