Why it works: Egg and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 33% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 50,580 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Fresh Green Pea Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Green Peas, Onion or Celery,
Hull quantity desired. Grind very fine in vegetable mill, grind with this just a trace of celery or onion for flavor, add enough rich milk to bring to the consistency of soup and warm to about 145“ to 150° Fahrenheit. Salt to taste and serve.
VEGETABLE SOUP (NO. i).
I Tomato, i small Apple,
I Carrot, i oz. Nuts,
I Small Pepper, V2 cup Wheat Flakes,
I Stalk Celery, Milk,
Put all through fine vegetable grinder, add sufficient milk to make quantity desired, allow to stand an hour or two, heat, stirring in cup of thick cream, and serve.
VEGETABLE SOUP (NO. 2).
I White Turnip, A little Cabbage,
I Carrot, Few pieces Celery,
I very small Onion, Salt,
Chop fine or grind all vegetables. Hardly cover with warm water, and let stand three or four hours until soft. Add \½ pints of rich warm milk, thicken with a lit- tle flaked wheat, add butter and serve. This will serve five or six people. To this can be added stiffly beaten whites of two eggs just before serving. It will be an im- provement.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 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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Egg + peppertop 33% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together50,580 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Egg and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 50,580 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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