Name: Fried Mutton Chops
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon of butter into fry- ing pan; a piece of butter on each chop; salt; pepper

Why it works: Butter and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 85,593 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Fried Mutton Chops

Ingredients

1 tablespoon of butter into fry- ing pan
a piece of butter on each chop
salt
pepper

Directions

Select mutton not too fat ; put 1 tablespoon of butter into fry- ing pan ; when melted lay in chops well seasoned with salt and pep- per; let fry five minutes, turning over once; then dip each chop in beaten egg then in bread or cracker crumbs and fry until browned on both sides.
BROILED MUTTON CHOP
Place chops on gridiron over a clear fire ; turn frequently, tak- ing care that the fork does not penetrate the lean part of the choijs; season with pepper and salt ; when done put a piece of butter on each chop and send to table on a hot dish ; broil lamb chops same way; serve with tomato sauce.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

108Calories

0 gProtein

12 gFat

2 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
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 Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary 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.

Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together85,593 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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Fried Mutton Chops