Why it works: Milk and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and 26,984 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓
Tomato Soup
Ingredients
Directions
One can tomatoes, one pint water; boil hard until tomato is cooked. Add one-fourth teaspoon soda, strain, set on stove and season uith butter, salt and pepper. Add slowly one pint of milk, and let come to a boil
MRS. J. E. PORTER,
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Milk + peppertop 22% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together26,984 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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