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A sandwich with toasted bread, buttered, topped with bacon, turkey or chicken, tomato, lettuce, and mayonnaise.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and butter match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 27,145 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Prepare

  1. Toast the slice of bread evenly and lightly.

  2. Butter the toasted bread.

Assemble and serve

  1. On one half, place the broiled bacon slice.

  2. Add the slice of white meat on top of the bacon.

  3. On the other half, place the slice of tomato and the leaf of lettuce.

  4. Spread a generous layer of mayonnaise over both halves.

  5. Close the sandwich and serve.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Bread + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,145 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Tomato + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,654 recipes

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

  3. Bread + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,013 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Bread + meattop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,919 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Butter + meattop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together7,587 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Bread
Provides the structure that holds the fillings together.
Butter
Adds fat and richness to the toasted bread.
Bacon
Contributes savory, salty flavor and crisp texture.
White meat (turkey or chicken)
Supplies the main protein and a mild, lean filling.
Tomato
Adds juicy moisture and a hint of acidity.
Mayonnaise
Adds fat and creaminess that moistens the sandwich.

Flavor stand-ins for the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, butter, meat, tomato):

  1. Potatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Asparagusbetter flavor fit
  4. Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, butter, meat, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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