Why it works: Allspice and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,536 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓
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Ingredients
Directions
THE USEFUL COOK BOOK 47
(a weak brine) . Drain through a sieve in the morning and scald them well in vinegar. Measure the drained cucumbers and to every gallon take 6 lbs. of sugar and spice to taste with cloves and mace. Boil the sugar and spice in a little vinegar and pour hot over the drained pickles. Cover with cold vinegar and let stand several days.
Mes. H. Wade Hibbard.
WATBEMELON EIND PICKLE. Cut the pared rind into thick slices. Boil 1 oz. of alum in 1 gallon of water, pour this on the rind, and let it stand several hours on the back of the stove. Take out into cold water, and when cold boil half an hour in sweet pickle made as follows : 4 lbs. best brown sugar ; 1 quart vine- gar; 1 cup of mixed whole spices; stick cinnamon, cassia buds, allspice and cloves. Tie the spices in a bag and boil them with the vinegar. Skim well, then add fruit. Maeian E. Clapp.
TOMATO CATSUP. Cook tomatoes thoroughly, strain through sieve and let stand over night. In the morning dip off water. To a gallon of what remains add 3 or 3 red peppers cut up, also 5 tablespoons of salt, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 11 tablespoons of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of allspice, 3 teaspoons of ground mustard wet with vinegar, 5 teaspoons of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of clov^, 4 scant teaspoons of black pepper. Jennie Northeup.
CHILI SAUCE. Thirty large ripe tomatoes ; 12 onions ; 6 red peppers ; 5 tablespoon- fuls of salt; 20 tablespoonfuls of white sugar; 3 cups of vinegar. Cook 2 hours. Do not skim. Mrs. Hattie Carpenter.
CHILI SAUCE. Twelve ripe tomatoes; 3 ripe peppers; 2 onions; 2 tablespoons of salt; 3 tablespoons of sugar; 3 cups of vinegar; 1 tablespoonful of ground cinnamon. Chop and boil all together 1 hour. Mrs. McWhortee.
TOMATO EELISH. One peck of ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped fine ; drain in a bag over night; 2 cups of chopped celery; 2 large onions chopped fine; 2 cups of brown sugar; half a cup of salt; 2 oz. white mustard seed; 1 quart cider vinegar. Mix well, do not cook, and bottle. Seal with paraffine.
Mrs. B. J. Curtis.
48 THE USEFUL COOK BOOK
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 12 of 15 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Celery | 1 stalk (40g) | 6 |
| Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Allspice | 1 tsp ground (1.9g) | 5 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Cider | not in our table | 0 |
| Mace | 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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Allspice + cinnamontop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together5,536 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,169 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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Allspice + mustardtop 2% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,928 recipes
Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).
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Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together16,012 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Allspice + peppertop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together6,395 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, vinegar, allspice, mustard, cinnamon, cider, pepper):
- Clovefits better
- Nutmegfits better
- Tarragonfits better
- Celerythe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, vinegar, allspice, mustard, cinnamon, cider, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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