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 ↓
Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Take an equal amount of sliced tomatoes, peeled and sliced cucumbers, add a little onion juice. Pour over mayonnaise dressing and mix. Serve very cold.
Mrs. T. F. Quinby.
SCOTCH SALAD. 1 cup English walnuts, § cup celery, 6 large olives. Cut all with a knife, the celery very fine. Make a dressing of: 1 tbs. butter, 1 tbs. flour, 1 cup hot milk, 1 cup cheese cut fine, § tsp. chopped parsley, § tsp. salt, dash of paprica. Mix well and cook until cheese is dissolved, then pour over mixture; serve on lettuce leaves with resetted radishes.
HOT POTATO SALAD. Boil 12 medium sized potatoes in jackets, pare and' slice thin; slice thin 1 large or 2 small onions; slice thin 1 cu- cumber; slice thin 3 boiled eggs; mix. Season to taste. Fry J lb. bacon cut in small squares, crisp. Mix bacon with above. Pour 2-3 cup vinegar into bacon fat; heat and pour over above mixture just before serving.
Mrs. R. W. Cranston.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Cheese | 1 oz (28g) cheddar | 113 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Olive | 1 large (4g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Scotch | not in our table | 0 |
| Salad | 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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Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together9,023 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Walnut + olivetop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together2,087 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
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Olive + potatotop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together6,458 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
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Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together29,779 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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Milk + potatotop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,611 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, cheese, vinegar, olive, potato, onion, egg):
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- Beansfits better
- Peanutfits better
- Walnutthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against milk, cheese, vinegar, olive, potato, onion, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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