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Telegram Conservation Cook Book

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Chapel, Inie Gage, Mrs. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 23 ingredients
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Why it works: Tomato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,923 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Telegram Conservation Cook Book

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Baked Salmon, Cost.

  2. Salmon (3 good sized slices) ... $0.2500

  3. 2 T butter 0064

  4. 1 T flour 0009

  5. 1 t salt 0003

  6. 1 T lard 0156

  7. Wood — hot oven — y2 hour .0102

  8. Cost $0.2834

  9. Serves 6 persons very nicely. ' This is my favorite salmon recipe, and I have given it to so many who like it very much:

  10. Melt lard in shallow baking dish, place fish in it. Melt butter, stir in flour and spread over top of each slice, salting fish first. Bake in hot oven % hour. Salmon prepared in this way is never dry and is much nicer than when baked in one large piece, and is more easily served. — ■ Mrs. E. P. DeGraff, 1073 Mallory ave.

  11. Baked Salmon. Cost.

  12. 1 small salmon, about 3% lbs.

  13. (at 15c lb.) $0.5250

  14. 1 c home-made tomato sauce.. .0200

  15. 3 thin slices bacon 0400

  16. 1 T salt 0008

  17. % t pepper 0042

  18. 1 bay leaf 0001

  19. Parsley in garden 0000

  20. 3 stalks celery 0189

  21. 1 small onion 0100

  22. Fuel for one hour, % use .0143

  23. Serves 6 and costs $076333

  24. Or 10 V2 cents per portion.

  25. (It is from 15 cents per portion up in restaurant").

  26. Cut head off, clean thoroughly, tak- ing care to remove blood around bone; wash and place on fish sheet or put cotton cloth under fish so it can be lifted from pan without breaking. Salt and pepper inside and out and stuff with diced celery already partly cooked, and 2 slices of bacon, minced onion and bay leaf. Place one slice bacon on top, cover and bake slowly for one hour. When done, heat to- mato sauce and pour over the fish. Garnish with parsley from the gar- den and serve. — Mrs. F. E. Graham, 610 Pettygrove street.

  27. Baked Salmon and Tomatoes.

  28. 2-lb. salmon $0.3000

  29. 1 c crumbs, % lb 0150

  30. 1 T onion 0016

  31. 1 t salt 0003

  32. Vr t pepper 0010

  33. Wood to bake 1 hour (% use) .0143

  34. Cost for salmon loaf $0.3856

  35. To cerve 6 persons, or, each ... $0.0633

  36. Take a piece of salmon any size, put in a baking pan. Then take a cup of bread crumbs or a little flour, 2 table- spoonfuls. Then take a pint of toma- toes, pour on the salmon and add a little minced onion, salt and pepper. Then bake an hour. This is very good and anyone will like it. I hope to find this in the paper so others can try it. — Mrs. Monica H. Werlowski, 1649 Market street, Salem, Or.

  37. Baked Salmon.

  38. 3 lbs. salmon $0.4500

  39. 2 T salt 0016

  40. 1 T flour 0009

  41. V2 can tomatoes 1000

  42. Fuel one hour wood (% use).. .0143

  43. Cost $0.5668

  44. Wash and scale salmon, salt, place in pan and pour tomatoes over fish. Cover and bake one hour in slow oven, basting with a little fat unless salmon is quite oily. Thicken sauce left in pan with a little flour and pour over fish and serve. — Mrs. F. N. Tay- lor.

  45. Salmon Loaf.

  46. 1 can salmon $0.2000

  47. 2 T melted butter 0312

  48. 2 T hot milk 0034

  49. 1 c bread crumbs ( M lb.) 0150

  50. 1 t parsley, minced (in garden) .0000

  51. V2 t salt 0002

  52. Vs t pepper 0010

  53. Gas, one hour 0014

  54. Cost for loaf to serve four. . .$0.3039

  55. Or about 7% cents each.

  56. Remove bones from salmon, mince finely, add beaten egg and other in- gredients. Stir well and steam in oiled mold one hour. Serve with cream sauce. — Mrs. Welch.

  57. Baked Salmon Loaf.

  58. V2 lb. fresh salmon $0.1000

  59. ½ lb. fresh halibut 1250

  60. 1 medium onion 0016

  61. V4, cup bread crumbs 0038

  62. V2 t salt 0001

  63. 14 t pepper 0021

  64. 2 T milk 0034

  65. 1 T flour 0009

  66. Oven gas 1 hour 0220

  67. Cost $0.3006

  68. Plenty for four people at 7% cents per portion.

  69. Free the raw fish from bones, run through food grinder with onion. Add remaining ingredients, shape into loaf, place in pan with one cup boil- ing- water. Bake one hour. Put one shake of flour on top before putting in oven. Baste often and add more water if necessary. This is delicious served cold with mayonnaise added to ground sweet pickles. — Mrs. Reid, 110 Twenty-first street North.

  70. Salmon Loaf.

  71. 1 can salmon $0.2500

  72. 1 c fine bread crumbs 0150

  73. 4 T melted butter 0624

  74. % t salt 0002

  75. % t pepper 0010

  76. Minced parsley in garden 0000

  77. Gas, 1 hour 0220

  78. Cost to serve 6 persons $0.4756

  79. Or less than 8 cents each.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

856Calories
45 gProtein
23 gFat
112 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Salmon100g cooked208
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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 Chapel, Inie Gage, Mrs. [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.

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. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  3. Tomato + breadtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,013 recipes

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

  4. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  5. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, salmon, bread, egg, flour, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Asparagusfits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, salmon, bread, egg, flour, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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