Name: Salade Columbine
Ingredients: one quart cooked; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 dash of red pepper; 1 one quart cooked; three shrimps add to the effect; salt; vinegar; pepper

Why it works: Pepper and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,814 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Salade Columbine

Ingredients

Directions

1 One quart cooked and strained tomatoes ; add 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, \½ teaspoon vinegar, 1 dash of red pepper ; dissolve y2 box of gelatine in as little water as possible. Stir into hot tomato preparation. Mould in small cups and serve on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise dressing. Two or three shrimps add to the effect. Tomatoes may be more highly seasoned with spices if desired. Mrs. August Heuer.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

165Calories

24 gProtein

1 gFat

16 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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

By North End Club (Chicago, Ill.). 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.

Pepper + vinegartop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,814 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Sugar + vinegartop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,806 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Pepper + shrimptop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,692 recipes

Shared aroma: phenylethanol (rose, floral).
Shrimp + vinegartop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together862 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).
Sugar + shrimptop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together892 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).