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Ham and Tongue Sandwich

A sandwich made with finely chopped cooked tongue and ham mixed with mayonnaise and spread on buttered bread.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Ham and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,536 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Ham and Tongue Sandwich

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Chop the tongue and ham very fine.

  2. Mix the chopped tongue and ham with mayonnaise dressing to form a smooth paste.

  3. Spread the mixture between slices of buttered 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. Ham + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,536 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cooked tongue
Provides the main meaty filling, finely chopped so it spreads evenly.
Cooked ham
Adds savory flavor and body to the filling alongside the tongue.
Mayonnaise dressing
Binds the chopped meats into a smooth paste and adds moisture and richness.

The step that matters

Chopping the tongue and ham very fine. Fine chopping lets the meats blend into a smooth paste with the dressing instead of leaving chunks that tear the bread and spread unevenly.

“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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