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To Preserve Green Peas

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Peas and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 31% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,928 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

To Preserve Green Peas

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil the peas in slightly salted water for about 3 minutes.

  2. Rinse the peas in cold water.

  3. Place the peas in jars of the preservation machine.

  4. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar to each jar.

  5. Fill the jars with cold water mixed with a little dissolved coarse sea salt.

  6. Heat quickly to 212°F (100°C) and boil for 1½ hours.

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. Peas + sugartop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,928 recipes

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

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