Why it works: Lemon and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,154 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓
Figs with Whipped Ceeam
Ingredients
Directions
GINGEE CEEAM. One-half box of gelatine; 1 pint of boiling milk; 3 eggs; vanilla flavoring; 1 cup of sugar; 14 lb. preserved ginger; 14 P™t whipped cream; a few macaroon crumbs. Soak gelatine in a little cold water, add boiling milk and well beaten eggs yolks and sugar, return to boiler to thicken, strain, add ginger, stirring occasionally until it b^ns to set. Then add well beaten whites of eggs and y^, pint of whipped cream. Turn in mould. SeiTe with whipped cream and sprinkle -of macaroon crumbs. One-'half recipe will serve six people.
Mrs. C. a. Martin.
LEMON PUDDING. One cup of sugar; 2 cups of boiling water; juice and rind of 1 lemon; whites of 3 eggs beaten stiff. Let the water and sugar come to a boil, then stir in 3 tablespoons of cornstarch. When cooked remove from fire and beat in the whites. Serve with cream and sugar or the fol- lowing custard : One small tablespoon of cornstarch ; 1 scant half cup of sugar. Stir into a pint of bailing milk and flavor with vanilla. Especial- ly good on a hot day if served cold. Mrs. H. Wade Hibbard.
THE USEFUL COOK BOOK 61
LEMON PUDDING. One-half box gelatine dissolved in a pint of boiling water ; 1 lemon, juice and rind ; 1% cups of sugar. Strain through a cloth, then stir in the stiffly beaten whites of 3 eggs and set on ice or in water until cool. Sauce: 1 pint of milk; yolks of 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon of cornstarch; 1 tablespoon of sugar. Jennie Northeup.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 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 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Pudding | 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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Lemon + gingertop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together5,154 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Milk + lemontop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together19,053 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Sugar + gingertop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together14,054 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
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Sugar + lemontop 18% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together53,532 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together88,785 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Sugar and ginger barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 14,054 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
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, sugar, egg, lemon):
- Cinnamonfits better
- Nutmegfits better
- Dillfits about as well
- Gingerthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against milk, sugar, egg, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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