Name: Codfish a LA Mode
Ingredients: two cups mashed potatoes; one pint cream; two well-beaten eggs

Why it works: Potato and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,481 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Codfish a LA Mode

Ingredients

two cups mashed potatoes
one pint cream
two well-beaten eggs

Directions

Prepare

Pick up a teacupful of salt codfish, very fine and freshen; the desiccated is nice to use.

Make the mixture

Add two cups mashed potatoes, one pint cream or milk, two well-beaten eggs, half a cup butter, salt and pepper, and mix.

Bake and serve

Bake in an earthen baking dish for twenty to twenty-five minutes.
Serve in the same dish, placed on a small platter, covered with a fine napkin.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

290Calories

11 gProtein

11 gFat

38 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg).

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.

Potato + creamtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,481 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Cream + eggtop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together42,166 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Potato + eggtop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,978 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

Cream and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 42,166 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Mashed potatoes: Adds body and bulk, giving the casserole a soft, scoopable texture.
Cream: Adds moisture and richness, keeping the casserole tender as it bakes.
Eggs: Bind the mixture and set on baking, holding the casserole together.