Why it works: Cream and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 21,449 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓
Broiled Chickens or Quails
Ingredients
Directions
Mrs. A. S. Chapman. Cut chicken open on the back, lay on the meat board and pound until it will lie flat, lay on gridiron, and place over a bed of coals, broil until a nice brown, but do not burn. It will take twenty or thirty min- utes to cook thoroughly, and it will cook much bet-
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.ter to cover with a pie-tin held down with a weight so that all parts of the chicken may lie closely to the gridiron. While the chicken is broiling, put the liver, gizzard and heart in a stew pan and boil in a pint of water until tender, chop fine and add flour, butter, pepper, salt, and if you have it, a cup of sweet cream, to the water in which they were boiled ; when the chicken is done, dip it in this gravy while hot, lay it back on the gridiron a minute, then put it in the gravy arid let it boil for a half minute and send to the table hot. Cook quails in the same way.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| 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 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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Cream + peppertop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together21,449 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Cream and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 21,449 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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