Why it works: Milk and wheat are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,418 recipes. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓
Johnny-cake
Ingredients
Directions
One pint of buttermilk or sour milk. Add 1 teaspoon of soda (heap- ing full) ; break in 1 egg, % cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt, 3 cups of cornmeal, 2 cups of flour. Stir all well. Sweet milk can be used; then add 2 teaspoons of cream tartar.) Mrs. C. M. Doyle.
STEAMED LOAF. One quart of buttermilk; % teacup of molasses; 1 teaspoon of salt; heaping teaspoon of saleratus ; 1 teacup of wheat flour ; then the rest of cornmeal stirred stiff enough to drop from spoon. Steam 4 hours and longer if you can. Brown in oven 15 minutes.
Mrs. H. p. O'Nbil.
GEAHAM BEEAD. One pint of warm water ; 1/^ cup of yeast and white flour enough to make a stiff sponge. Let it rise over night. In the morning add % cup of sugar, y^ teaspoon of soda, and graham flour to make it about as stiff as can be stirred with a spoon. Put in baking tin and let rise until very light. Coarse ground graham is much the best.
Mrs. J. E. Updike.
Two cups of rich sour milk; 1% teaspoons of soda; 1 cup of mo- lasses; 3 cups of graham flour; 1 cup of white flour; salt and a little baking powder. Bake in bread tin. Mrs. M. B. Clinton.
Five and a half cups of graham flour ; 3 cups of buttermilk ; % cup of molasses ; 1 teaspoon of soda ; 1 teaspoon of salt ; 1 tablespoon of short- ening. Eva Elliott.
12 THE USEFUL COOK BOOK
One cup of sweet milk; 1 cup of sour milk; good pinch of salt; 1 teaspoon of soda dissolved in the sour milk; 3 tablespoons of sugar; graham flour to make stiff as cake. Use coffee cup. Steam 3 hours.
Mrs. Osteandee.
Two cups of sour milk; 2 teaspoons of soda; % cup of molasses; 1 egg; V2 teaspoon of salt; 3 tablespoons of wheat flour, and enough graham flour to make a stiff batter. Makes one large loaf. (Good.)
Mes. Van Sltke.
Three eggs; 2-3 cup of sugar; 2 teaspoons of baking powder; 14 cup butter; 2 cups of graham flour; 1 cup wheat flour; a little salt, and sweet milk enough to make thick batter. Bake in slow oven about half hour. Maeian E. Clapp.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Sour Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Wheat | 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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Milk + wheattop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,418 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
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Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together41,516 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Buttermilk + flourtop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,721 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Buttermilk + sugartop 9% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together2,973 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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