Why it works: Cocoa and coffee work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 91 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓
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Ingredients
Directions
Fried Codfish. Sheep's Head Stew
Bread and Butter. with Soda Biscuit Dumplings.
Coffee. Baked Potatoes.
Bread and Grated Cheese. Cocoa.
Potato and Onio^n Salad.
Broiled Salt Pork. Bread.
Corn Mush with Pudding Sauce (p. 112).
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Proteids. Fats. hydrate8. in
oz. oz. oz. Cents.
2 Ibs. Corn Meal 3.14 1.20 22.40 6
Iqt. Skim Milk 1.08 .24 1.65 4
1 pt. Whole Milk .58 .62 .83 3^
^Ib.Sugar - -- ---- 7.92
3 Ibs. Bread 2.88 .24 24.90 6TS
1 Ib. Salt Codfish 4.80 .... .... 8
J^lb. Butter 6.66 .... 12
M lb. Skim Cheese 1.20 .53 .20 2
4 Ibs. Potatoes 1.28 .... 13.25 5
Mlb. Salt Pork 12 3.20 .... 3
J41b. Suet 3.92 .... 2
%lb. Flour 1.44 .18 8.58 2
1 Sheep's Head, assumed to
contain 1^ Ibs. meat 4.08 1.44 .... 12
Cocoa Shells .... .... 2
Coffee .... .... 3f
Total 2058 1&23 79.73 78
Required 19.19 12.42 78.03 78
Bills of Fare, Class L 161
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Coffee | 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.
Explore the science
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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Cocoa + coffeetop 3% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together91 recipes
Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
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Onion + cocoatop 20% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together54 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
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Onion + coffeetop 22% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together232 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the onion
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cocoa, coffee):
- Potatofits better
- Capsicumfits better
- Lettucefits better
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against cocoa, coffee. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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