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By Emily Huntington (1841–1909) · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 5,160 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

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Ingredients

Directions

  1. Beef to roast, off the round. 2 Steaks. I Flank of Beef. 6 Potatoes.

  2. /^ lb. of Butter.

  3. Salt and Pepper. 2 Bowls of cold Water.

  4. Roast of Beef $o 24

  5. Flank of Beef • 30

  6. Potatoes 03

  7. Flour, Salt, Pepper, and Butter. 06

  8. ©RDER OF IXERCISE.

By Emily Huntington (1841–1909). 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Potato + flourtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together5,160 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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