Why it works: Rye and flour match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,320 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Cleaning Walls
Ingredients
Directions
Before putting fresh paper on walls the old paper should be carefully removed by wetting it with saleratus water, when it will fall off easily. The walls should be brushed over with a weak solution of carbolic acid, which will drive away insects and sweeten the walls. The Chinese often remove plaster from old houses and replace it with new, and are paid for their trouble in the value of the old plaster for fertiliz- ing purposes.
If there is too much whitening on the wall, take a scraper about three inches wide, with handle; wet the wall with clean water and scrape. After getting off all the old whitening, give the wall a thin coat of glue sizing, made by dissolving common glue in water. A little alum in the paste will help it greatly.
Or to one gallon of soft water use one pint of rye flour, half an ounce of white glue and one ounce of alum. The glue and alum are to be dis- solved, of course, and the flour is put into the water while cold, and put over the fire and stirred until boiling hot ; pour in the solutions men- tioned. Scrub the wall thoroughly with a stiff broom, dust off, and it is ready for papering. If the paste in cooling becomes thick, thin it with boiling soft water until very thin.
MO TH EX TERM IN A TORS. 203
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Rye | 1 slice (32g) | 83 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Rye + flourtop 8% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,320 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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