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 ↓
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Directions
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CHAFING DISH,
"As that historic barque, long known as Noah's Ark, Was filled zuith choice samples of fowl, flesh and fish; So we in modern ages, conning these printed pages, Compass like miracles with the Chafing Dish."
Ingredients. — One can of tomatoes (thoroughly drained in colander), 1 tablespoonful of butter, 1 teaspoonful of onion juice, 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 saltspoonful of white pepper, unbeaten raw eggs to equal the number of guests.
Directions. — Place in chafing dish the butter, salt, pepper and onion juice, and when well blended add the tomatoes. Cover and cook thoroughly (usually about 10 minutes). Then add from a bowl the eggs and stir gently until the eggs set. Serve quickly on crackers, toast or triscuits. Usually from 8 to 12 eggs are used to 1 can of tomatoes. Avoid cooking too long after the eggs are added, else the mixture may curdle. A " baboon " of this nature is recommended as being inexpensive, palatable and easily digested, and convenient, as the ingre- dients are usually to be found when needed.
Kate Gordon Hewett.
One pound cheese cut fine. 2 teaspoonfuls salt, 1 cup milk, butter size walnut, small""tea spoon of mustard, dash red pepper, 2 eggs well beaten. Melt cheese and butter, add salt, mustard and pepper. When all is melted add milk gradually and the eggs last. Pour over toasted bread and add a dash of paprika.
Mrs. H. V. Wood.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Cheese | 1 oz (28g) cheddar | 113 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 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.
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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Butter + milktop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together17,923 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together20,633 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together7,962 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Cheese + milktop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,426 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the white pepper
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, cheese, milk, egg, tomato, pepper):
- Thymefits better
- Garlicfits better
- Parsleyfits better
- White pepperthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, cheese, milk, egg, tomato, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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