Name: A Different Sandwich
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons relish; 1 tablespoon mayonnaise; Crisp bacon; Eggs, chopped fine; Thin slices of white bread

Why it works: Egg and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 22,662 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

A Different Sandwich

Ingredients

Directions

Mix crisp bacon with chopped eggs.
Stir in relish and add mayonnaise.
Spread mixture thickly on slices of white 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.

Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together22,662 recipes

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

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What each ingredient does

Eggs: Provide the bulk of the filling and bind it with a soft, rich texture.
Mayonnaise: Adds fat and moisture so the chopped egg filling holds together and spreads smoothly.
Bacon: Adds salty, savoury flavour and a crisp contrast to the soft egg.
Relish: Adds sweetness and acidity that brighten the rich egg and mayonnaise.

“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.