Why it works: Vanilla and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,187 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓
Plum Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Mrs. J. M. Southard.
Stew together a teacup raisins and half teacup
23J: THE BUCKEYE COOK BOOK.
citron ; prepare dish with butter, put in a layer of cake, (any kind of cake will do, but sponge is best, or Boston crackers, sliced and buttered, may be used, or, if too rich, use stale Graham bread crumbs,) then a layer of fruit; and so on, with cake or bread for last layer; pour ov.er it custard made of a quart of milk and yolks of four eggs, sweetened to taste ; bake until you find, on inserting a knife, that the milk has become water. Make a, frosting of the whites of four eggs and four tablespoons pulverized sugar, spread on pudding, place it in oven till brown, and serve with this sauce; one teacup white sugar, -two-thirds pint water, one tablespoon butter, one teaspoon corn starch prepared with milk ; let sugar and water boil, and add the rest, and allow to boil a few moments, then add the whites of one well beaten egg, with one teaspoon vanilla essence.
POP CORN PUDDING. Crush popped corn in a coarse bag, grind in a coffee mill, mix two and a half pints of this meal with two pints sweet milk, keep warm and soak two hours, cool, add one egg, sugar, raisins and spice ; boil a few minutes, stirring thoroughly to mix meal, which inclines to float, well with milk ; bake from three- fourths to one hour, and serve hot.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 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 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Water | 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.
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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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Vanilla + milktop 5% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together19,187 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
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Butter + milktop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together35,032 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Corn + vanillatop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,943 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
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Corn + milktop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together6,955 recipes
Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).
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
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