Name: Suggestions for Serving the Bride's Cake
Ingredients: one tablespoonful to an egg; one inch wider than the cake; six now!; four good-sized eggs--one; four portions; 4 eggs 4 t-hot water 1/2 t-salt 1/8 t-pepper 1 t-butter a little parsley beat; 4 t-hot water 1/2 t-salt 1/8 t-pepper 1 t-butter a little parsley beat the yol; 1/2 t-salt 1/8 t-pepper 1 t-butter a little parsley beat the yolks until thick; 1/8 t-pepper 1 t-butter a little parsley beat the yolks until thick; 1 t-butter a little parsley beat the yolks until thick; 2 c-cold diced potatoes 1 t-chopped parsley 1 t-chopped pimento 1/2 t-salt 1/8 t; 1 t-chopped parsley 1 t-chopped pimento 1/2 t-salt 1/8 t-paprika 1 c-vegetable w; 1 t-chopped pimento 1/2 t-salt 1/8 t-paprika 1 c-vegetable white sauce add; 1/2 t-salt 1/8 t-paprika 1 c-vegetable white sauce add the potatoes; 1/8 t-paprika 1 c-vegetable white sauce add the potatoes; 1 c-vegetable white sauce add the potatoes; salt; pepper; parsley; paprika

Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

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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.

Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Parsley + potatotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,855 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pepper + potatotop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Butter + potatotop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,456 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + saucetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together15,338 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Butter and sauce barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,338 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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, pepper, butter, parsley, sauce):

Shallotfits better
Capsicumfits better
Chivefits about as well
Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, pepper, butter, parsley, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Cake	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0
Pimento	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

Suggestions for Serving the Bride's Cake