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Fish and Shellfish

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson." · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsnip and sweet potato share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 95 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Fish and Shellfish

Ingredients

Directions

  1. To Fry Fish 57

  2. Planked Shad 57

  3. Shad Roe Croquettes 57

  4. Broiled Shad 58

  5. Baked Shad 58

  6. Boiled Rock 59

  7. Baked Sturgeon 59

  8. To Fry Perch 59

  9. Codfish and Potato Stew 59

  10. Fish a la Creme 60

  11. Halibut Steak 60

  12. Fried Shad 60

  13. Chowder 61

  14. Clam Chowder 61

  15. Oyster Fritters 62

  16. Broiled Oysters 62

  17. Stewed Oysters 62

  18. Scalloped Oysters 63

  19. Oyster Sauce for Fowls 63

  20. Pickled Oysters 63, 65

  21. Panned Oysters 63

  22. Crab Cakes 64

  23. Boiled Crabs 64

  24. Soft Crabs 64, 66

  25. Fricasseed Oysters 64, 65

  26. Fried Oysters 65

  27. Devilled Crabs 65

  28. Crab Croquettes 66

  29. VEGETABLES.

  30. A Kitchen Time Table 67

  31. Lima Beans 67

  32. Boiled Peas 68

  33. Baked Salsify 68

  34. Corn Fritters 68

  35. Curled Savoy Cabbage Cooked

  36. like Cauliflower 68

  37. To Boil Rice Dry 68

  38. Hints for Roasting Potatoes 69

  39. Corn Pudding. 69

  40. Spinach 69

  41. Baked Tomatoes (whole) 69

  42. Stewed Tomatoes 70

  43. Boston Baked Beans 70

  44. Potatoes Baked with Beef. 70

  45. Saratoga Potatoes 71

  46. Macaroni with Cheese 71

  47. To Cook Cranberries 72

  48. Fried Egg-Plant 72, 73

  49. Fried Parsnips. 72

  50. Cymlings 72

  51. Cauliflower 73

  52. Baked Cabbage 73

  53. Turnips 73

  54. Hot Slaw 74

  55. Green Corn Pudding 74

  56. Corn Fritters 74

  57. Boiled Potatoes 74

  58. Baked Egg-Plant 75

  59. Scalloped Tomatoes 75

  60. Potato Fritters 75

  61. Green Corn (Boiled) 75

  62. Macaroni Milanese 75

  63. Stewed Potatoes 76, 77

  64. Fried Salsify 76

  65. Stewed Salsify 76

  66. Broiled Tomatoes 76

  67. Stuffed Tomatoes 77

  68. Sweet Potatoes..., , 77

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

516Calories
19 gProtein
18 gFat
77 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 10 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Oyster6 medium (84g)81
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Parsnip1/2 cup (78g)55
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Codfishnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Puddingnot in our table0
Macaroninot in our table0

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

By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson.". 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.

  1. Parsnip + sweet potatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together95 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Corn + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together938 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Tomato + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,798 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Corn + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Corn + sweet potatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together153 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oyster, sauce, corn, tomato, parsnip, sweet potato):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Okrafits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oyster, sauce, corn, tomato, parsnip, sweet potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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