Name: Egg and Cheese Salad
Ingredients: one-half pound grated cheese; four hard boiled eggs; one bottle stuffed olives

Why it works: Cheese and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,802 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Egg and Cheese Salad

Ingredients

one-half pound grated cheese
four hard boiled eggs
one bottle stuffed olives

Directions

Use one-half pound grated cheese.
Cut the eggs finely.
Slice the olives thinly across.
Mix together and garnish.
Pour mayonnaise dressing over all.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

195Calories

13 gProtein

15 gFat

1 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Olive	1 large (4g)	4

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

By United Methodist Church (Grayville, 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.

Cheese + olivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,802 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Cheese + eggtop 28% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,253 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Egg + olivetop 31% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,340 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs: Chopped hard-boiled eggs add body and a soft, rich texture to the salad.
Cheese: Grated cheese adds fat and savory flavor, along with a creamy richness in the mix.
Stuffed olives: Sliced olives add a briny, salty bite that contrasts with the rich eggs and cheese.

“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.