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Veal Loaf

A loaf made from finely chopped veal, butter, grape nuts, water, egg, and seasonings, baked after soaking grape nuts.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Celery and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Veal Loaf

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Soak the grape nuts in water for 30 minutes.

  2. Chop the veal very fine.

Mix and bake

  1. Mix all ingredients together thoroughly.

  2. Pour water into the loaf pan to a depth of ½ inch.

  3. Bake for 45 minutes.

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. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Grape + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,909 recipes

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

  3. Grape + celerytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together627 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Butter + grapetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,028 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Nuts + celerytop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together169 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

What each ingredient does

Veal
Provides the main body and protein structure that holds the loaf together when cooked.
Butter
Adds fat that keeps the loaf moist and tender as it cooks.
Grape nuts
Soaked cereal absorbs liquid and helps bind the meat so it stays moist.
Egg
Binds the mixture, setting as it heats to hold the loaf together.

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, butter, grape, egg, celery, pepper):

  1. Walnutfits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, butter, grape, egg, celery, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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