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Stuffed Dates

Why it works: Vanilla and cocoa work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 357 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Stuffed Dates

Ingredients

Directions

  1. THE USEFUL COOK BOOK 39

  2. ones. Let them stand about five minutes ; drain thoroughly, remove me pit, insert one-fourth of the meat of an English walnut, press together, roll in granulated sugar.

  3. BLACK CHOCOLATE FUDGE Two cups of sugar ; 1 cup of milk ; small piece of butter ; 3 heaping teaspoons of cocoa ; 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Boil until it forms a soft ball in water. Add nuts if desired. Beat until it cracks or grains. Pour on buttered dish to cool. Eva M. Harker.

  4. PAIEY CEBAMS. Four cups light brown sugar with 1 cup of water ; boil until it hairs, then cool five minutes. Beat the whites of 2 eggs very stiff ; beat all to- gether slowly, continue beating until nearly cold, then drop by teaspoon- fuls over English walnuts (h^lf ) placed about an inch apart on an oiled paper. Mrs. H. J. Webber.

  5. FONIDANT. Two cups of granulated sugar; 1 cup of water; boil until it maizes a soft ball in fingers. Pour on a marble slab and work with a wooden potato masher in a rotary motion until it whitens ; then scrape off with a knife and make in a loaf. Work with fingers until smooth and creamy.

  6. Mrs. H. J. M^EBBKK.

  7. PEPPEEMINT CEEAMS. Dissolve two cups of granulated sugar in half cup of water. As soon as the sugar is melted remove the spoon and boil syrup 8 minutes. Take from fire, add 7 drops of oil of peppermint and beat vigorously until the syrup is thoroughly creamed. Drop by spoonfuls on waxed paper.

  8. Mrs. E. C. Carpknter.

  9. SMITH COLLEGE PUDGE. One-quarter cake Baker's chocolate; 1% cups of sugar; butter size of an egg; half cup of milk; 1 tablespoon of vanilla. Let come to a boil, stirring constantly. Gather in water. iVdd vanilla after removing from stove and beat it until cool enough to pour into pans.

  10. Edith A. Thurlow.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

562Calories
16 gProtein
36 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Waternot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Cakenot 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 Ithaca (N.Y.) First Baptist Church. Ladies Union. 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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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.

  1. Vanilla + cocoatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together357 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Vanilla + pepperminttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together459 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the peppermint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, milk, vanilla, cocoa, egg, chocolate):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Clovefits better
  4. Peppermintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, milk, vanilla, cocoa, egg, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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