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Pba Pod Soitp

A creamy soup made with potatoes, milk, cream, butter, onions, celery, and eggs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Ladies' Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church (Fall River, Mass .). Ladies' Benevolent Society, Mass.) First Congregational Church (Fall River · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Pba Pod Soitp

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Put milk to boil with onion and celery.

  2. Peel and boil potatoes until well done.

  3. Mash potatoes finely.

Finish and serve

  1. Add the milk and butter, pepper and salt to taste.

  2. Cream and eggs to be put in the tureen.

  3. Strain the soup, stir thoroughly and serve hot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

839Calories
48 gProtein
45 gFat
63 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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 Ladies' Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church (Fall River, Mass .). Ladies' Benevolent Society, Mass.) First Congregational Church (Fall River. 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. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  2. Pork + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,668 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Celery + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

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

  5. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Form the body of the soup when mashed finely.
Milk
Makes the soup liquid and creamy as the base.
Cream
Adds richness and a smooth, velvety texture.
Eggs
Thicken the soup and add richness when stirred in.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a smooth mouthfeel.

The step that matters

Adding the eggs and cream. Eggs thicken when heated, so they can curdle or scramble if the soup is too hot. Stir them in gently off the heat and keep the soup below boiling.

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, cream, pork, potato, onion, butter, egg):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Thymefits about as well
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, cream, pork, potato, onion, butter, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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