Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓
Fried Frogs
Ingredients
Directions
Scald the hind quarters in boiling water, rub them
with lemon juice and boil for three minutes ; wipe them,
dip them first in cracker dust, then in a mixture of two
beaten eggs in half a cup of milk, seasoned with pepper
and salt ; then again in cracker crumbs. When they
are well covered with crumbs, fry in a mixture of hot
lard and butter.
TR ASK'S SEI.ECT SHORE MACKEREI..
Take a mackerel, put it in soak over night in a pan of water, skin side up ; take it out and wipe it dr}^ with a towel, then fry it in butter, and serve hot. If preferred
FISH AND OYSTERS. 17
broil it, and put on hot butter; or if preferred it can be
boiled in a pan of water, and then served with drawn
CODFISH AXI> C'REA:*!.
Freshen the codfish to taste ; turn off the water ; add
milk and butter, and a small quantity of thickening;
stir well ; break in two eggs, and serve wlien cooked.
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Boil and mash potatoes, and keej) Avarm for mixing with the codfish ; freshen the codfish, taking care not to freshen too much ; add to the codfish double amount of potatoes ; put in pork fat for seasoning, and milk enough to soften ; roll into balls, and fiy in hot pork fat until entirely brown.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 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.
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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Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together27,047 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Milk + lemontop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together19,053 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together88,785 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Egg + lemontop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together44,316 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
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Milk + peppertop 22% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together26,984 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Egg and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 44,316 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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