Name: Hokse-kadish Sauce
Ingredients: two teaspoons of made mustard; a teaspoon of salt; a gill of vinegar

Why it works: Mustard and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,067 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Hokse-kadish Sauce

Ingredients

two teaspoons of made mustard
a teaspoon of salt
a gill of vinegar

Directions

Mix two teaspoons of mustard, two teaspoons of white sugar, half a teaspoon of salt, and a gill of vinegar.
Pour over grated horseradish.
Serve with beef.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

6Calories

0 gProtein

0 gFat

0 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
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 Home for the Friendless (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.

Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,067 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Made mustard: Adds sharp, pungent flavour that balances the heat of the horseradish.
Vinegar: Adds acidity that sharpens the sauce and brightens its flavour.

“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.