Why it works: Chicken and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 39% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,461 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Chicken-pie
Ingredients
Directions
3 teaspoonfuls soda 2 teaspoonfuls salt
Stir nearly as hard as needs to be, moulding as little as possilile. Line a ten quart pan with the paste, and bone the meat of 4 well boiled chickens and fill the pan, putting in pepper, salt if needed, butter and chicken stock for seasoning, then cover with the paste cutting a piece from the top crust the size of a biscuit and replacing after covering. Bake in slow oven until done. Mrs. Waite.
" All human history attests That happiness for man, the hungry sinner. Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner/^
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| 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.
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 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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Chicken + sugartop 39% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,461 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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