Why it works: Buckwheat and bread work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓
Griddle Cakes, Fritters and Mush
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Buckwheat Cakes — No. 1. . 23
Buckwheat Cakes— No. 2.. 23
Bread Crumb Pancakes ... 23
Corn Meal Pancakes 24
Flannel Cakes 24
Graham Griddle Cakes. ... 24
Potato Pancakes 24
Wheat Batter Cakes 25
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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Buckwheat + breadtop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together20 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
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