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Oysters Baked

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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Oysters Baked

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut some ver3^ thin slices of fat pork into pieces about the size of 3'our oysters; la^^ them on the bot- tom of a dripping pan. On each piece of the pork lay an oyster previously drained, dust with white pepper. Cover with a bit of the fat pork and bake in a hot oven until the pork is crisp and of a light brown color, the oysters will then ht sufficiently well done- Remove to a hot dish and serve with sliced lemon.

  2. CREAM vSALMON.

  3. One can salmon minced fine, drain off liquor; throw away. For the dressing, boil 1 pint milk, 2 tablespoonfuls butter, salt and pepper to taste. Have ready 1 pint fine bread crumbs, place a layer in the bottom of the dish, then a laj-er of fish, then a layer of dressing, and so on, having crumbs for the last laver. Bake till brown, C. C. B.

  4. ■" Some hae meat that canna eat, And some would eat that want it;

  5. But we hae meat and we can eat, So let the Lord he t hank it. ^'

  6. Meats to be roasted or broiled should be given tbe greatest amount of heat possible at first that the surface may be hardened and the juices retained.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

712Calories
21 gProtein
21 gFat
108 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 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 Johnson, Vt. Congregational church. [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.

  1. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Milk + breadtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Bread + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,964 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

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

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