Name: Cheese Loaf
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon granulated 34 cup cooked dressing; 34 cup cooked dressing; 2 cups grated cheese; 2 tablespoons cold water; 1/2 cup chopped pecans; 3 tablespoons boiling watsr; 1/2 cup stuffed olives; 1 cup whipped cream

Why it works: Pecans and olive work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 716 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Cheese Loaf

Ingredients

Directions

1 cup whipped cream. Soak gelatin in cold water five minutes. Pour boiling water over gelatin and stir until dissolved. When cool add dressing, cheese, olives, nuts, and fold in whipped cream. Mould in oiled mould. Serve as a salad.
ASPARAGUS IN PIMENTO RINGS. Put asparagus tips in cooked dressing and chill on ice; carefully slip in round pimento ring or put in whole pimen- to. Serve on lettuce.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

364Calories

10 gProtein

36 gFat

5 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pecans	1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)	196
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Water	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.

By Mary Elizabeth Lyles Wilson (1860–1924). 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.

Pecans + olivetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together716 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Cheese + olivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,802 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Cheese + creamtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,655 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Cheese + pecanstop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together116 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Pecans + creamtop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together706 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).