Why it works: Pepper and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,555 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
Conservation of Beef
Ingredients
Directions
Meat Loaf.
This recipe is splendid to eliminate the waste of bread, so much desired in these times, and to conserve meat.
Cost. 2 lbs. hamburger steak @ 15c. $0.3000
1 c milk 0268
1 chopped onion (Y2 c) 0125
1 c bread crumbs 0150
1 t sage 0083
2 t salt 0006
% t pepper 0021
Bake with wood fire (% use).. .0250
Cost for loaf $0.4303
Mix ingredients all together evenly into a loaf and bake in a long tin 1% hours. — Amy B. Westbrook, 1540 Sa- lem avenue, Albany, Or.
Spanish Hamburger.
Round steak, ground $0.1500
1 c bread crumbs 0150
1 small green pepper, chopped .0250
1 c tomatoes, minced ■ .0267
1 c milk 0268
% t chili powder 0021
1 t salt 0003
Gas 30 minutes 0127
Cost for 4 persons $0.2586
Or 6% cents each.
Mix ingredients and form into a loaf. Put in greased pan and bake 30 minutes. Sauce left lit pan may be thickened with catsup and poured over loaf before serving. — H. C. Liar- sen, 712 Washington street.
Beefsteak Padding Boiled.
Cost. 1% lbs. shoulder steak $0.1800
2 c flour 0290
1 c finely minced suet 0625
2 medium sized carrots (2-3 c) .0200
1 T salt 0008
Vz t pepper 0042
% t soda 0002
Wood fire, 3% hours (% use) .0595
Cost of pudding for 4 $0.3562
Or about 9 cents each.
Cut steak into 3x2-inch pieces. Grind or chop suet very fine. Mix with flour, 1 teaspoonful salt and % teaspoonful soda. Make flour and suet into a stiff paste, using as little water as can be easily handled.
Roll paste to % of an inch thick and to an even measurement all around. Place the steak and carrots
peppered and salted in center. Mois- ten the edges of paste and draw to- gether, pinching firmly so as to be watertight, dip the pudding cloth in boiling water, spread out and sprinkle lightly with flour.
Lift the dumpling on to the cloth, gather the cloth together and tie tightly, but leave a very little loose- ness for the dumpling to swell. Place in a pot of boiling water sufficient to cover dumplings. An old plate should be in pot below pudding. Boil steadily for three or four hours, add- ing more boiling water as it evapo- rates.— E. G. Woodham, Route 1, Mil- waukie, Or.
Cold Boiled Brisket.
3 lbs. brisket at 12%c $0.3800
V2 c vinegar 0125
1 T olive (or Wesson's oil) 0057
1 T onion ( % c) 0125
1 t salt 0003
1 bay leaf 0001
Parsley from garden 0000
6 pepper corns 0010
Wood fuel, V2 use, 2% hours.. .0425
Serve 6 persons for $0.4546
Or 7% cents each.
Marinate beef in vinegar, oil, onion, parsley, salt, pepper and bay leaf over night. Cook in same liquid, then place under weight and let get cold. Liquid may be boiled down and used. A half cupful of pickles chopped may be added if desired. — Mrs. J. B. McC.
Jellied Beef or Veal.
1 T gelatin 0300
Y2 c chopped tomato 0134
1 T grated onion 0016
1 t salt 0003
14 t pepper 0021
Yz Pint boiling water 0000
Cost $0.1474
Put meat through the food chopper, soak the gelatin for half an hour In half cupful of cold water, mix the meat with gelatin and water and heat until dissolved. Add vegetables and seaconing, then boiling water, and turn into a square mold and set away to harden. Serve cold, cut in slices. I send this, as it is economical and a good way to use left-over meat. — Mrs. G. Spencer, 1260 East Davis street.
Absolutely Unbiased in Its Principles — The Evening Telegram
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
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
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Corn | 1/2 cup kernels (82g) | 77 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bell Pepper | 1 medium (119g) | 31 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Wood | 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.
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.
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Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together14,555 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Carrot + corntop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together794 recipes
Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
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Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together21,601 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together17,092 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together18,971 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, egg, pepper, carrot, corn):
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- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against beef, egg, pepper, carrot, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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