Why it works: Flour and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and 50,459 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Roast Dicks
Ingredients
Directions
Ducks should be cooked, and the dressing the same as chicken or turkey. If the ducks are tender, they will not require more than an hour and a half to roast. The giblets should be chopped fine, and added to the gravy, with a chopped shallet, and a spoonful of browned flour.
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After dressing, split the quails down the back ; le.t them soak in salt water half an hour, or more, then put in the meat pan. Season with salt, pepper, and butter ; about a pint of water ; baste often ; toast bread, cut in squares, a light brown ; lay toast on meat dish. Place the quails, after they have cooked, and are browned nicely, on the toast, and pour gravy over all.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Flour + peppertop 19% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together50,459 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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