Name: Green Pepper and Potato Salad
Ingredients: four baked potatoes; one green pepper across so that it makes large rings on lettuce leaves

Why it works: Potato and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 322 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Green Pepper and Potato Salad

Ingredients

four baked potatoes
one green pepper across so that it makes large rings on lettuce leaves

Directions

Prepare

Chop four baked potatoes and one Spanish onion very fine.
Slice one green pepper across so that it makes large rings on lettuce leaves.

Assemble and serve

Fill the pepper rings with the potatoes and onions.
Heap red mayonnaise on top of each and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

197Calories

6 gProtein

1 gFat

44 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5

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

By Olive M. Hulse. 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 + lettucetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together322 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + lettucetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,037 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

What each ingredient does

Baked potatoes: Forms the bulk of the filling and gives a soft, starchy texture.
Green pepper: Forms the rings that hold the filling and adds a crisp, fresh bite.
Spanish onion (in the method): Adds sharp flavor that balances the mild potatoes.
Red mayonnaise (in the method): Adds moisture and richness that binds the chopped filling together.