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Kate Mlnarik

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Why it works: Vinegar and mustard 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 ↓

Kate Mlnarik

Ingredients

Directions

  1. SWEET PICKLES — Soak for forty-eight hours a peck of small cucumbers in brine that will float an egg. Take out, put in fresh water about three hours, drain well and pack into jars and pour over the fol- lowing and seal : One gallon white vinegar, three and one-half pounds sugar, two tablespoons pickling spices. Boil about ten minutes.

  2. JULIA M. FARA.

  3. SWEET PICKLES — Wash and cover small cucumbers with a brine made in the proportion of one-half cup salt to one quart of water. Let stand three days, drain. Then cover with half water and half vinegar for five days, drain again, throwing away this liquid. Make a pickle of two quarts of vinegar, one pound of sugar, tablespoon pickling spices in a bag, boil and allow to cool. Pack pickles in jars, add one-half teaspoon mustard seed to each jar, fill to overflowing with cold vinegar

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

55Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Seednot 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.

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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.

  1. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Sugar + mustardtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,424 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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