Name: Swekt-bread Salad
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons of vinegar; 1 head of lettuce; 1 pair sweet-breads; 1 saltspoon of white pepper

Why it works: Vinegar and lettuce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,370 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Swekt-bread Salad

Ingredients

2 tablespoons of vinegar
1 head of lettuce
1 pair sweet-breads
1 saltspoon of white pepper

Directions

1 pair sweet-breads, 2 tablespoons of vinegar, % cup of mayonnaise dressing, 1 saltspoon of white pepper or paprica, 1 head of lettuce. Wash and cook until tender and cut in dice; then use the sweet-breads and green pepper choped fine. Serve with mayonnaise dressing and on lettuce leaves; garnish with capers.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

14Calories

1 gProtein

0 gFat

3 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3

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

By [Hayes, Emma (Allen), Mrs.], 1868- [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.

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.

Vinegar + lettucetop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,370 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Lettuce + breadtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together602 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Vinegar + white peppertop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,154 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Lettuce + white peppertop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together208 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
Vinegar + breadtop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,672 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).