Name: Cream of Tartar Biscuit
Ingredients: one quart flour; two tea-spoonfuls cream of tartar; one tea- epoonful of soda; one table-spoonful of lard; salt

Why it works: Flour and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30,481 recipes. Both carry acetaldehyde, which smells pungent, ethereal. The science ↓

Cream of Tartar Biscuit

Ingredients

Directions

One quart flour, two tea-spoonfuls cream of tartar, one tea- epoonful of soda, enough sweet milk to make rather a soft dough, salt to taste, one table-spoonful of lard. Sift soda and cream of tartar two or three times. — Mrs. Simmg.
BREAD RECIPES. 51

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

670Calories

13 gProtein

19 gFat

108 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Lard	1 tbsp (12.8g)	115
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.

By Vehling, Joseph Dommers, 1879-1950. fmo. 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.

Flour + creamtop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,481 recipes

Shared aroma: acetaldehyde (pungent, ethereal).
Tea + creamtop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together463 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
Flour + teatop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together449 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).