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Most Perfect Made

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By Fayette (Mo.). Baptist Church, Ladies of the · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 19 ingredients
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Why it works: Beef and chicken match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,148 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

Most Perfect Made

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Prepared with strict regard to Purity, Strength, and Healthfulness. Dr. Price's Baking Powder contains no Ammonia, Lime, Alum or Phosphates. Dr. Price's Extracts, Vanilla, Lemon, Orange, etc., flavor deliciously. PRICE Baking Powder Co.

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  3. Table of Weights and Measures

  4. List of Contributors

  5. Mock Oyster 12

  6. Beef Bouille 12

  7. Green Pea '2

  8. Browned Flour 12

  9. Caramel '2

  10. For Coloring Soups '3

  11. Directions 9

  12. German Fritter 10

  13. Fisli and Oysters.

  14. To Boil Fish H

  15. Baked Fish 15

  16. Fried Fish 15

  17. Boiled Pike with Egg Sauce 15

  18. Baked Fish with Cream Sauce 15

  19. Broiled Fish 16

  20. Shell Fish— Clams.. 16

  21. Fried Clams 16

  22. Fried Frogs 16

  23. Trask's Select Shore Mackerel 16

  24. Codfish and Cream 17

  25. Codfish Balls 17

  26. Fried Oysters

  27. Broiled Oysters

  28. Oyster Croquettes

  29. Fricasseed Oysters 18

  30. Fried Oysters 18

  31. Chicken and Oyster Pie 18

  32. Scalloped Oysters 18

  33. Steamed Oysters in the Shell 19

  34. Oyster Patties '9

  35. Oyster a la Poulelte '9

  36. Oyster Flavor '9

  37. Directions 20

  38. Roast Beef 20

  39. Roast Pork 20

  40. Roast Leg of Lamb 21

  41. Roast Little Pig 21

  42. Champagne Ham. 21

  43. Baked Ham 22

  44. Boiled Ham 22

  45. Dressing for Baked Ham 22

  46. Boiled Beef Tongue 23

  47. Beefsteak Smothered in Onions.... 23

  48. Fried Beefsteak 23

  49. Broiled Beefsteak 23

  50. Mutton Chops 24

  51. Veal Cutlets 24

  52. Pork Tenderloin 24

  53. Mock Duck 24

  54. Baked Ham 25

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1566Calories
153 gProtein
50 gFat
115 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Salmon100g cooked208
Chicken100g cooked165
Shrimp100g cooked99
Oyster6 medium (84g)81
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Pikenot in our table0
Codfishnot in our table0
Champagnenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Fayette (Mo.). Baptist Church, Ladies of the. 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. Beef + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,148 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  2. Tomato + beeftop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Tomato + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Oyster + fishtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together496 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Oyster + clamtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together111 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, oyster, beef, fish, clam, chicken, champagne):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Onionfits about as well
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, oyster, beef, fish, clam, chicken, champagne. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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