Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓
Tongue De Terrapin
Ingredients
Directions
Mrs. Mac Donald Moore. I beef tongue, boiled until thoroughly done. Cut the large part of the tongue on one side and fill it with plain stuffing. Put in a pan and pour over it i quart of tomatoes.
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FREDONIA COOK BOOK. 23
Season with salt and cayenne pepper, and add i cup of sherry; bake in a slow oven i hour. Just before taking up, add a large spoonful of butter. Serve with sliced hard boiled eggs and lemon. Garnish the dish with parsley.
BOUDINS. Mrs. H. D. Jarvis. Chop cold cooked meat fine. To every pint, add:
2 tablespoonfuls of Axy bread crumbs. yi cup of stock or boiling water.
2 eggs, slightly beaten. Salt and pepper to taste.
Put over the fire, and stir until thoroughly mixed. Fill custard cups with this mixture, Yi full; stand them in a baking pan Y^ full of hot water, and bake 20 minutes. Turn them out carefully on a hot dish, and pour around them Cream or Bechamel sauce. Remains of cold roast or poultry are good served this way.
BAKED HAMBURG STEAK. Mrs. Kate L. Ctcshing. Take i &zg, well beaten; mix well with i pound fresh Hamburg steak. Add Y^ cup of bread crumbs; butter size of a walnut; salt and pepper. Form into a roll 2 inches thick, and bake ^ hour. A tablespoonful of water in the baking dish; baste occasionally. This is enough for four persons, and is fine, either hot or sliced cold for luncheon or tea.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cayenne | 1 tsp (1.8g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | 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.
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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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Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together27,232 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together22,662 recipes
Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
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Bread + peppertop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together20,964 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together118,967 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together85,593 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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