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Mock Turtle Soup

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Why it works: Onion and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Mock Turtle Soup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mrs. John D. Martin.

  2. Take the stock from 2J- pounds boiling meat; add 1 small onion, 2 medium sized potatoes diced, ^ teaspoon each of cloves, allspice and celery seed, and salt to taste. Cook until the vege- tables are done. Then add 3 hard boiled eggs sliced, the juice of

  3. 1 lemon and half the lemon sliced thin, and 1 wineglass sour wine, and let simmer ^ hour.

  4. MULLIGATAWNY.

  5. Filippini.

  6. Prepare the following ingredients : ^ carrot sliced, 1 onion sliced, i turnip sliced, 1 each sliced leek, branch of celery, parsley root, apple, green pepper ; 2 ripe sliced tomatoes, 2 shallots sliced,

  7. 2 bay leaves, \ eggplant sliced, 1 crushed garlic bean, 2 cloves, i ounce lean raw ham or bacon diced, and 1 piece chopped lemon rind. Heat 1 ounce butter in a saucepan, add all these ingredients, and brown for 5 minutes, stirring well. Mix in 1 tablespoon flour and cook 8 minutes longer. Stir in 2^ quarts hot broth, 1 light tablespoon salt, ^ teaspoon pepper, 1 saltspoon cayenne and same of grated nutmeg, and 1 good teaspoon curry powder dissolved in water. Stir well and let simmer 1 hour. Skim and strain ; add 1 tablespoon cocoanut milk, or cream, 2 tablespoons boiled rice, and same of chopped cold chicken ; stir until very hot, but do not boil again.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1341Calories
41 gProtein
28 gFat
228 gCarbs

Counts 18 of 20 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 18 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Leek1 medium (89g)54
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot in our table0
Waternot 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 Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp. 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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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. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Rice + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together851 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  3. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Milk + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Rice + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wine, butter, flour, milk, rice, onion, potato):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wine, butter, flour, milk, rice, onion, potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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