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Cucumber Sandwich

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Cucumber and bread work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 344 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Cucumber Sandwich

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Slice cucumbers thinly and remove large seeds.

  2. Soak slices in ice water for 10 minutes.

  3. Drain cucumbers thoroughly.

  4. Spread mayonnaise dressing on slices of bread.

  5. Place drained cucumber slices between the bread.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cucumber + breadtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together344 recipes

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

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

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