Name: Rhubarb Pudding
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1 cup sour milk; a pinch of salt; 2 eggs; salt

Why it works: Milk and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 88,785 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Rhubarb Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the rhubarb as for pie, and fill the bottom of a bak- ing dish. Sprinkle with 1 cup sugar. Make a batter of 1 cup sour milk, 2 eggs, a pinch of salt, h teaspoon soda, butter size of an egg, and flour enough for a cake batter. Spread over the rhubarb and bake. When done, turn upside down, stir up the rhubarb, and serve with sugar and cream. This is a good way to make apple and fruit pies for those who do not like under crusts.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

276Calories

14 gProtein

13 gFat

25 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sour Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together88,785 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Sugar + milktop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together77,875 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

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