Name: Josephine Honsik
Ingredients: two slices of bacon; half cup of chicken gravy; half cups diced celery; a pound of butter; 37 salads uthe fate of nations depends upon how they are fed; two four-pound spring chickens; three hard boiled eggs chopped; salt

Why it works: Chicken and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,375 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Josephine Honsik

Ingredients

Directions

Roast two four-pound spring chickens with two slices of bacon and a quarter of a pound of butter, add salt and water.
While warm, cut the chicken into small pieces and add half cup of chicken gravy, three hard-boiled eggs chopped, and two and a half cups diced celery.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

394Calories

41 gProtein

24 gFat

2 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Salad	not in our table	0

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

By Paidar, Marie, 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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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.

Chicken + celerytop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,375 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Chicken + buttertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together13,902 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Celery + buttertop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,049 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Chicken + eggtop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,991 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

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

What each ingredient does

Spring chickens: Provides the main protein and the meaty body of the salad.
Bacon: Adds smoky, savory fat that flavors the chicken as it roasts.
Butter: Adds richness and fat that carries flavor and helps the chicken brown.
Chicken gravy: Adds moisture and savory depth that binds the chicken pieces together.
Celery: Adds crisp texture and fresh contrast to the soft chicken and eggs.
Hard-boiled eggs: Add creamy richness and body to the salad.