Name: Corn Meal Pudding
Ingredients: 1 pint of sifted meal; 1 pint of sweet milk; 4 eggs; 1 tumbler of molasses; 94 desserts

Why it works: Milk and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 88,785 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Corn Meal Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

1 pint of sifted meal; % pound of butter;
1 tumbler of molasses; % teaspoonf ul of soda.
Boil the milk. While hot pour it over the meal and mix well. Warm the butter and add to meal. Stir the soda dissolved in a tiny bit of hot water into the molasses; beat the eggs separately and add when
the mush is cold. Mix all well and bake in buttered dish; eat with sauce. A sauce made of maple sugar is delicious with this pudding. — J. H. C.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

285Calories

14 gProtein

13 gFat

28 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Colville, Jessie Henderson. [from old catalog]. 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.

Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together88,785 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Milk + molassestop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together7,243 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Egg + molassestop 34% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together6,879 recipes