Name: Scalloped Eggs and Potatoes
Ingredients: 4 cold boiled potatoes 4 hard boiled eggs 1 pt; 4 hard boiled eggs 1 pt; parsley; salt

Why it works: Potato and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,855 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Scalloped Eggs and Potatoes

Ingredients

4 cold boiled potatoes 4 hard boiled eggs 1 pt
4 hard boiled eggs 1 pt
parsley
salt

Directions

Assemble

Put alternate layers of sliced potatoes and eggs in a serving dish, sprinkle with salt, and pour white sauce (with parsley stirred through it) over.

Bake

Cover with oiled crumbs and bake.
Sage, savory, onion or celery salt may be added.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

240Calories

11 gProtein

6 gFat

38 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
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.

By Evora Bucknum Perkins. 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.

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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.

Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,855 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Egg + parsleytop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,765 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Potato + eggtop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,978 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes: Form the bulk of the dish, giving body and a soft, tender texture when baked.
Eggs: Add richness and substance between the potato layers.
White sauce (in the method): Provides moisture and a creamy binding that keeps the layers together as they bake.