Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓
How to Stew Tripe
Ingredients
Directions
First clean well and soak in salt water several days. Then boil till perfectly done, and keep in a cool place. Cut into small strips, flour ihem, and to a stew-panful put a piece of butter the size of an egg. Stir till thoroughly heated, then pour in a half pint of rich cream. Stir until thickened., Serve hoi.— Mrs. T. R. Mitchell.
]o XV jB Jx. X_7»
One pint of sour milk, one tea-spoonful of soda ; beat the ■whites of five eggs and the yelks of two, one large spoonful of butter, one table-spoonful of salt, one pint sweet cream mixed with the yelks. Put the soda in the buttermilk and pour on the yelks ; after which add enough flour to make a light batter ; and lastly, beat in whites of the eggs. — Mrs. Edward Taylor.
One quart of flour, three eggs beaten separately, a piece of lard size of a hen's egg, half a tea-spoonful of soda, a little salt ; mix with sour cream. — Mrs. Henry Buekner.
Three pints flour, three eggs, well beaten (separately), salt to the taste, one table-spoonful of lard, two tea-spoonfuls cream of tartar, one tea-spoonful of soda ; mix up with sweet milk, oi leave oiF the cream of tartar and use buttermilk and soda. — Miss Maitie Clay.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Sour Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Lard | 1 tbsp (12.8g) | 115 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 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.
-
Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
-
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together41,516 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
-
Milk + teatop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together738 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
-
Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together124,287 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
-
Milk + flourtop 14% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together78,219 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
You might also like
The free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.
Tomato Soup526 recipes
Brown Bread461 recipes
Mutton Broth292 recipes
Yorkshire Pudding264 recipes