Why it works: Egg and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 42,166 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓
Shirley, Va
Ingredients
Directions
Make stuffing. Take crumbs of a loaf of bread, ¼ cup beef suet shredded fine. A little sausage meat or veal scraped and pounded very fine. Nutmeg, pepper and salt to your taste. Mix lightly with 3 eggs. Stuff the craw with it. Lay in your pan, your fire being very hot. Dust and baste several times with cold lard; this is better than lard hot from the pan, and makes turkey rise better. Serve with sauce made as follows: Cut the crumbs of a loaf of bread in fine pieces, put in cold water with a few peppercorns, a little salt and onion. Boil until bread is quite soft. Beat well, add ¼ lb. butter, 2 spoons thick cream, and serve with turkey very hot. One hour and a quarter will be sufficient to roast turkey with a hot fire.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| 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.
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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Egg + creamtop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together42,166 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
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Beef + creamtop 26% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,128 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Beef + eggtop 31% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together8,305 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Egg and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 42,166 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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