Name: Soltiikrn Rice
Ingredients: one quart of water; one spoonful of salt; one quart of dry beans a pound of salt pork; one quart of lima beans; two quarts of cold water; one cup of cream; one tablespoonful of butter; two quarts of water to a quart of hominy; four tablespoons of flour; a pound of salt pork; a pound of macaroni until tender; a pint of sweet milk; a small piece of salt pork; a piece of fresh pork; a cup of milk; a quart of hominy; a piece of salt pork; a tablespoonful of sweet milk; a grain of salt while cooking; a piece of fresh butter; a good pinch of salt; one teacup of rice put one quart of water; two well-beaten eggs add a little more than a pint of sweet milk; one tea- spoonful of sugar; half teacupful of flour; two teacupfuls of thin cream; five eggs; one half over; six eggs; one side

Why it works: Beans and lima beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 156 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. 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.

Beans + lima beanstop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together156 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Beans + ricetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,017 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Milk + ricetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,374 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

What each ingredient does

Rice: Forms the dish itself; the grains cook through in water and stay separate when done properly.

The step that matters

Cook until the grains are done but not soft or broken. Rice keeps absorbing water and softening after it is fully cooked, so timing matters. Stopping at tender but intact grains keeps them separate instead of mushy.

Swap the lima beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, pork, cream, butter, flour, milk, rice):

Almondfits better
Peanutfits about as well
Chestnutfits about as well
Lima beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, pork, cream, butter, flour, milk, rice. 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
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pork	100g cooked	242
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Lima Bean	1/2 cup (85g) cooked	108
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Bean	not in our table	0
Macaroni	not in our table	0

Soltiikrn Rice

Soltiikrn Rice

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