Name: Johnnie's Delight
Ingredients: 2 cups stale bread crumbs; 1 cup molasses; 1 cup raisins; 1 cup milk; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 14 teaspoon soda; 1 egg

Why it works: Raisin and cinnamon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,390 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Johnnie's Delight

Ingredients

Directions

2 cups stale bread crumbs, i/i cup chopped beef suet. 1 cup molasses. 1 cup raisins.
1 cup milk (sweet) . V^ cup flour.
y^ teasiwon cloves. 14 teaspoon soda.
V^ teaspoon nutmeg.
Mix well and steam three hours. Leave three or four inches in can for dough to rise. Serve with hot sauce.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

857Calories

28 gProtein

15 gFat

153 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6

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.

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.

Raisin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,390 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Milk + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,655 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Bread + milktop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,466 recipes

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

Smell alikelow

Cooked together4,928 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Molasses + raisintop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,577 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, molasses, milk, cinnamon, egg):

Vanillafits about as well
Raisinthe original
Figfits about as well
Datesfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, molasses, milk, cinnamon, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.