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Marie Paidar

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Why it works: Mustard and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Marie Paidar

Ingredients

Directions

  1. PRAGUE CHAPTER BOOK OF RECIPES 39

  2. RED BEET SALAD— Two red beets pickled, four boiled pota- toes, one small onion, sliced, served on lettuce leaves with a dressing made of half cup of vinegar, one teaspoon of sugar, half teaspoon of salt, dash of pepper and teaspoon of olive oil.

  3. MARIE E. TUREK.

  4. CHICKEN SALAD IN TOMATOES— Cut a slice from the top of as many ripe, smooth tomatoes as you wish to serve. Scoop the inside out carefully, keeping the shell as whole as possible. Make chicken salad after foregoing recipe and fill in the tomato shells. Place on lettuce leaves on small plates and dress the top of each tomato with a teaspoon of Mayonnaise.

  5. POTATO SALAD — Dressing : Three-quarters cup vinegar, one- half cup water, one teaspoon mustard, five beaten eggs. Pour this dressing over one-quarter peck potatoes boiled and sliced, three large onions, four hard boiled eggs, one-half pound melted butter, three stalks celery, salt, pepper and parsley.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

487Calories
14 gProtein
18 gFat
71 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Saladnot in our table0

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.

Explore the science

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.

  1. Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Celery + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Mustard + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,340 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, sugar, mustard, butter, onion, egg, potato):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vinegar, sugar, mustard, butter, onion, egg, potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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