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En Frees and Relishes

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Why it works: Chicken and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,756 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-decenal, which smells green, must. The science ↓

En Frees and Relishes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Fritter Batter, 35

  2. Apple Fj itters 35

  3. Corn •♦ 36

  4. Banana * * 36

  5. Orange Sauce 36

  6. Fried Sweetbreads 36

  7. Scalloped •• 37

  8. Digitized by

  9. Pressed Chicken 37

  10. Scalloped •* 37

  11. Chicken Croquettes with Potato 38

  12. Chicken Croquettes 38

  13. Chicken Patties 38

  14. Chicken in Jelly ^39

  15. Puff Paste for Patties 39

  16. Oyster Patties 40

  17. Salmon Kedgeree 40

  18. Rice Croquettes 40

  19. Beef Olives 41

  20. Veal Loaf 41

  21. Veal Croquettes 41

  22. Lobster a La Newbc rg 41

  23. Croquettes 42

  24. Thick Cream Sauce 42

  25. Scalloped Lobster 42

  26. Cheese Souffle 43

  27. " Balls 43

  28. Welsh Rarebit 43

  29. Cheese Straws 44

  30. Oyster Cocktail 44

  31. Mayonnaise Dressing 44

  32. Quick Mayonnaise Dressing 45

  33. Mrs. H's Cream Salad Dre^-sing, 45

  34. Cream Salad Dre- sing 45

  35. Cooked Salad Dressing with Oil 45

  36. French Dressing 46

  37. Chicken Salad 46

  38. Lobster " 46

  39. Salmon " 46

  40. Scallop " 47

  41. Potato " 47

  42. Cabbage " 47

  43. Digitized by

  44. Mexican •* 48

  45. Waldorf Salad 48

  46. Beet •• 48

  47. Lettuce •' 48

  48. Tomato •• 48

  49. Tomato Jelly 49

  50. Cheese and Olive Salad 49

  51. Fruit Salad 49

  52. Pie Crust , 40

  53. Pastry for One Pie 5<)

  54. Mince Pie Meat fiO

  55. Pumpkin Pies 60

  56. Custard Pie 50

  57. Cream •• 50

  58. Lemon *• 50

  59. Mrs. A.'s Lemon Pie 50

  60. Lemon Apple Pie 50

  61. Date Pie 52

  62. Prune •• 52

  63. Cocoanut Pie 52

  64. Cranberry and Raisin Pie 52

  65. Lemon Tarts 52

  66. Sour Cream Pie 5H

  67. Excellent English Plum Pudding 5J1

  68. Mrs. H's Thanksgiving • * 511

  69. Fruit or Suet " 54

  70. Boston Steamed " 54

  71. Entire Wheat ♦* 54

  72. Steamed Pudding in Cups ♦. . 55

  73. Raisin Puffs 55

  74. Digitized by

  75. Brown Betty 55

  76. Cottage Pudding 56

  77. Sponge •* 56

  78. Baked Apple Dumplings 56

  79. Apple Under Cover 56

  80. Sweet Apple Pudding 57

  81. Omelet Souffle 57

  82. Chocolate " 57

  83. Chocolate Pudding 58

  84. with Eggs 58

  85. West Campton Indian Pudding 58

  86. Rice Pudding 59

  87. Creamed Rice Pudding (Baked) 59

  88. Creamed Batter Pudding 59

  89. Queen of Puddings 60

  90. Delmonico Pudding 60

  91. Rebecca •• 60

  92. Columbian Lemon Pudding 60

  93. Lemon Pudding m Cups 61

  94. Orange *• 61

  95. Cocoanut * • 62

  96. Prune Souffle 62

  97. Prune Pudding 62

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1419Calories
134 gProtein
38 gFat
134 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 17 ingredients. The other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Scallop100g cooked111
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Shrimp100g cooked99
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Saladnot in our table0
Salad Dressingnot in our table0
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Pastrynot in our table0
Pienot in our table0
Puddingnot 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 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. Chicken + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

  2. Potato + cabbagetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together275 recipes

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

  3. Lobster + scalloptop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Potato + cranberrytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  5. Chicken + cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,936 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, lobster, salmon, scallop, potato, cheese, cranberry):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, lobster, salmon, scallop, potato, cheese, cranberry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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