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Breakfast No. 83. Cracked Wheat. Scrambled Eggs. Cream Muffins. Cold Bread. Coffee. Ripe Fruit.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Wheat and bread match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 209 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Breakfast No. 83. Cracked Wheat. Scrambled Eggs. Cream Muffins. Cold Bread. Coffee. Ripe Fruit.

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

  1. Prepare cracked wheat according to package instructions.

  2. In a bowl, whisk eggs and cook in a skillet over medium heat until scrambled.

  3. For cream muffins, mix cream with flour and bake at 350°F (175°C) until golden.

  4. Serve cold bread alongside.

  5. Brew coffee and serve with ripe fruit.

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. Wheat + breadtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together209 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  2. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Wheat + coffeetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together105 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Cream + coffeetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,339 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  5. Wheat + eggtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,225 recipes

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

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