Why it works: Nuts and raisin work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 490 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Blanche Kammerer
Ingredients
Directions
Make the pudding
Dissolve one package Rich's Tryphosa lemon gelatin in one pint boiling water.
Add one cup grape nuts, one-half pound raisins or dates cut into pieces, and as many chopped walnuts as desired, then mix together.
Pour into individual or large mould.
Chill.
Serve
Serve with sliced fruits and whipped cream.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Water | 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.
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.
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Nuts + raisintop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together490 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Grape + lemontop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,412 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Raisin + lemontop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,742 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Grape + nutstop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together224 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Nuts + lemontop 20% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together470 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Grape nuts
- Adds a crunchy, grainy texture that contrasts with the soft gelatin.
- Lemon gelatin
- Sets the liquid into a firm, sliceable body when chilled.
- Raisins
- Add chewy texture and concentrated sweetness throughout the pudding.
Swap the grape
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (nuts, raisin, lemon):
- Orangefits better
- Figfits better
- Limefits better
- Grapethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against nuts, raisin, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
“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.
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