Name: Sweet Potatoes a LA Creole
Ingredients: 2 teaspoon of salt; 1/0 cup of bread crumbs wnth a beaten egg; five large sw^eet potatoes; 6 incisions have been made; salt

Why it works: Bread and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 22,662 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Sweet Potatoes a LA Creole

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the potatoes

Peel five large sweet potatoes and cut them in halves lengthwise.
Place the cut potatoes in a deep baking dish.
Cover the potatoes with milk.
Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt, a tablespoon of butter, and a tablespoon of brown sugar.

Top and bake

Wet 1/10 cup of bread crumbs with a beaten egg.
Cover the potatoes with the bread crumb mixture.
Bake in a moderate oven for about an hour.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

694Calories

24 gProtein

7 gFat

133 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
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.

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.

Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together22,662 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Bread + potatotop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together434 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
Egg + potatotop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,978 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Sweet potatoes: Form the main body of the dish, becoming soft and sweet as they bake.
Milk (in the method): Adds moisture and gentle richness that keeps the potatoes tender during baking.
Bread crumbs: Form a topping that crisps and browns in the oven.
Egg: Binds the bread crumbs so they hold together as a topping.
Butter (in the method): Adds fat for richness and helps the topping brown.
Brown sugar (in the method): Adds sweetness and promotes browning on the surface.