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Cream of Celery Soup

A soup made by simmering veal, celery, and rice, then adding cream and seasonings.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Shutt, William E., Mrs., [from old catalog] comp · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 13 ingredients
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Cream of Celery Soup

Why it works: Celery and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Cream of Celery Soup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pat a knuckle of veal into three quarts of cold water, with a pint of finely cut celery and a teaspoonful of salt.

  2. Boil two hours.

  3. Add a tablespoonful of uncooked rice and boil one hour longer.

  4. Strain and add a teacup of sweet cream with two tablespoonsful of Hour, mixed with the cream.

  5. Strain again.

  6. Let it boil up and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

421Calories
13 gProtein
14 gFat
60 gCarbs

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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Shutt, William E., Mrs., [from old catalog] comp. 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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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.

  1. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Rice + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Celery + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Rice + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,379 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Vinegar + peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

What each ingredient does

Veal knuckle (in the method)
Gives the broth its body and savory meat flavor as it simmers for hours.
Celery
Supplies the dominant aroma and flavor of the soup.
Sweet cream
Adds richness and a smooth, velvety texture to the finished soup.
Uncooked rice
Thickens the broth slightly as its starch softens during simmering.

The step that matters

Mixing the flour into the cream. Flour clumps if added dry or poured in lumps. Mixing it fully into the cream first lets it disperse evenly so the soup thickens smoothly rather than turning lumpy.

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, milk, cream, vinegar, pepper):

  1. Cinnamonfits about as well
  2. Peppermintfits about as well
  3. Celerythe original
  4. Nutmegfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, milk, cream, vinegar, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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