Why it works: Molasses and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,225 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Brown Bread with Compressed Yeast Cake
Ingredients
Directions
Stir into 1 qt. of boiling water enough corn meal to make a mush ; let it cook a few minutes, stirring all the time to prevent burning; remove from the stove and add 1 cup Porto Rico molasses,
2 tablespoons sugar, a piece of lard the size of a large walnut, a lit- tle salt ; let it get cool, and add 1 compressed yeast cake, previously soaked in 1/4 cup tepid water; it is now ready to sift in the wheat flour; keep sifting in the flour until stiff enough to mould on the board without sticking, (do not add flour after your bread is on the board, as that will spoil any bread) ; mould twenty minutes and then place in bread bowl and let rise until morning, in a warm room. In the morning mould down and shape into loaves, (do not mould only long enough to shape the loaves nicely), put into baking tins; let rise and then bake in moderate oven one hour. This quantity Avill make 2 large loaves. Peoria A. Cowan.
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Lard | 1 tbsp (12.8g) | 115 |
| Molasses | 1 tbsp (20g) | 58 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Cake | 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.
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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.
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Molasses + sugartop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together9,225 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Sugar + walnuttop 26% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together7,147 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Molasses + walnuttop 30% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together560 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the walnut
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (molasses, sugar):
- Almondfits better
- Chestnutfits better
- Beansfits better
- Walnutthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against molasses, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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