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Soda Rusk

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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Soda Rusk

Ingredients

Directions

  1. One egg, a piece of butter the size of a hen egg, three »"p

  2. fuls flour, one cupful sweet milk, one half tea-cupful sugar

  3. two tea-spoonfuls cream of tartar, one tea-spoonful of soda.—

  4. Mrs. Scott.

  5. Four pints flour, one pint of sweet milk, one tea-cupful sugar,

  6. one tea-cupful lard, one tea-cupful yeast, three eggs, one tea-

  7. epoonful salt ; let the, dough rise twice before you make the

  8. niaks into shape. — Mrs. Myers.

  9. Four eggs, a tea-cupful of butter, one of milk, two of yeast, jne lialf pound of sugar ; beat the eggs well, add the sugar and some flour ; the butter and milk melted together warm, but not too hot ; then more flour, lastly yeast ; add flour enough to make in a stiff batter ; set to rise in anything that will hold a gallon; when the batter rises to the top, work in flour enough to make a stiff dough ; let it rise again to the top, then work in flour enough to make rolls for baking.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

999Calories
28 gProtein
44 gFat
121 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Lard1 tbsp (12.8g)115
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 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.

  1. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Milk + breadtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

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