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Raisin Sandwiches

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Raisin and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,111 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Raisin Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Using sharp scissors, cut large raisins in half lengthwise and remove the seeds.

  2. Lay the halved raisins closely together between two slices of thin buttered bread.

  3. Cut the sandwiches into fancy shapes.

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. Raisin + breadtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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