Name: Trapp Bros
Ingredients: two stalks of celery into cubes; 1 bunch celery 2 large green peppers cut up the peppers; one pint of cooked; 1 teaspoon onion juice; two tablespoons whipped sweet cream; 2 cups xxxx sugar; one cup of carnation milk plus one cup of water makes two cups of rich; two cups of rich; two tablespoons of dressing; one-half cup milk; a slice of hard-boiled egg; a slice of canned pineapple; a tablespoon of whipped cream to two tablespoons of dressing; 92 burleigh st; 59 tongue salad; one small can pimento; two hard-boiled eggs cut into cubes; one lemon over; twelve persons; 2 large green peppers cut up the peppers; twelve people; one saltspoon pepper; 1 sour pickle \ya t; ten million dollars the shorewood cook book 61 dressings; 61 dressings; 2 well-beaten eggs; 4 eggs well beaten; 2 lemons; 2 saltspoons salt; 2 eggs piece of butter

Why it works: Celery and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

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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.

Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + pineappletop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together533 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

What each ingredient does

Beef tongue: Forms the main body of the salad as tender, meaty cubes.
Hard-boiled eggs: Add soft, firm texture and richness to the cubed salad.
Mayonnaise dressing: Adds moisture and fat so the cubed ingredients bind together.
Lemon juice: Adds acidity that brightens the flavour of the rich tongue and dressing.

The step that matters

Cool the tongue before cutting it into cubes. Warm meat is soft and crumbles when cut, so letting the tongue cool fully lets it hold clean cubes that keep their shape in the salad.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (celery, pepper, cream, sugar, milk, egg, pineapple):

Capsicumfits better
Potatofits better
Sweet potatofits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against celery, pepper, cream, sugar, milk, egg, pineapple. 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.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Carnation	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0
Salad	not in our table	0
Pimento	not in our table	0

Trapp Bros

Trapp Bros

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the tongue

Assemble the salad

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)