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Norwegian Sweet Soup

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Why it works: Raisin and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,742 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Norwegian Sweet Soup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1 pt. cranberries, stewed and strained, \ cup sago cooked until clear, 1 cup seedless raisins cooked alone. Put all to- gether and sweeten to taste. Flavor with wine or the juice of 1 lemon. Decorate with beaten white of egg in spoonfuls.

  2. Mrs. W. B. MacLean.

  3. PEA SOUP. Can of peas, boil with small onion, when onion is cooked, strain through fruit press, add 1 tbs. melted butter, 1 tbs. flour, 1 qt. milk, rice if desired. Salt to taste.

  4. Mrs. R. A. Ensign.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

74Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
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 Ramblers' club, Minneapolis. [from old catalog]. 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.

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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.

  1. Raisin + lemontop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,742 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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