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Canned Corn Oysters

A fried patty made from canned corn, egg, milk, breadcrumbs, butter, salt, and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Canned Corn Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

Prepare

  1. Drain the canned corn and mash it slightly.

  2. In a bowl, mix the corn with the egg, milk, breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper.

Cook

  1. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat.

  2. Spoon the corn mixture into the skillet, forming small patties.

  3. Cook until golden brown on both sides, about 3-4 minutes per side.

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. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  2. Corn + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,955 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

  3. Corn + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,324 recipes

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

  4. Corn + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,345 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Green corn
Provides the main body and sweet flavour of the patties.
Egg
Binds the mixture so the patties hold their shape while cooking.
Milk
Adds moisture, keeping the mixture tender rather than dry.
Breadcrumbs
Absorb liquid and add structure, helping the patties firm up.
Butter
Adds fat for frying, promoting browning and a rich flavour.

The step that matters

Cook until golden brown on both sides. The patties are soft and fragile when raw, so they can break if flipped too early. Cooking over medium heat lets the surface set and brown before turning, while the inside cooks through without scorching.

“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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