Name: One Pint
Ingredients: two tablespoonfuls vinegar; one teaspoonful chopped parsley; one-half teaspoonful minced onion; vinegar; parsley; salt; pepper

Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

One Pint

Ingredients

Directions

Cut cold boiled potatoes in pieces the size of dice into a deep bowl, mix very gradually two tablespoonfuls vinegar with three table- spoonfuls of best table oil ; mix one teaspoonful chopped parsley and one-half teaspoonful minced onion with the potato, adding salt and pepper to taste. Last stir in the oil and vinegar with a silver fork . Serve in a salad bowl lined with fresh lettuce leaves, and garnish the top with sprigs of parsley.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

54Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

12 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
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 Towanda, Pa. Christ church. Young ladies society. [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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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.

Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Parsley + oniontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,843 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Vinegar + oniontop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,226 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Vinegar + peppertop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,814 recipes

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