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Chicken Salad

Why it works: Celery and mustard are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Chicken Salad

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mrs. J. W. Pryor, Lexington, Ky.

  2. Take the breast (only) of 1 chicken, and when cold, cut into large chunks. Add the hearts of celery cut rather fine, and the shelled almonds. Have this ready, but do not mix with dressing until ready to serve. Use mayonnaise dressing No. 1.

  3. CHEESE SALAD No. 1.

  4. Mrs. J. W. Pryor, Lexington, Ky.

  5. Yz pint rich cream. 34 cuP chopped pimentos.

  6. 2 tablespoons gelatine. Tobasco sauce. Dry mustard. Cayenne pepper.

  7. Beat cream to solid froth; gradually add water in which the gelatine has been dissolved. Then add cheese and pimentos. Beat well, and add salt, a dash of tobasco sauce, a little mustard, and cayenne pepper. Also a few nuts and olives if desired. Mold, and decorate with nuts and olives. Serve with mayon- naise.

  8. Salads and Salad Dressings. 123

  9. CHEESE SALAD No. 2.

  10. Mrs. J. A. Vansant, Mt. Sterling, Ky.

  11. 2 lbs. cheese. Green peppers to taste.

  12. 3/2 pint whipped cream. (cut fine).

  13. 2/z lb. pecans, cut fine.

  14. Use cream cheese or Neufchatel and cream. Mix cheese well, beating it until light, and using a great deal of mayonnaise until it beats like cake batter. Add nuts and peppers. Then put in whipped cream ; pack in wet salt, as you would ice-cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

244Calories
33 gProtein
10 gFat
5 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pimentonot in our table0
Saucenot 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 Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog]. 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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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.

  1. Celery + mustardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Almond + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together246 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

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

  5. Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, sauce, chicken, celery, mustard, pepper):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, sauce, chicken, celery, mustard, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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