Name: Salmon Salad
Ingredients: 1 can of salmon; celery (more than the amount of salmon); Sydney Smith's dressing

Why it works: Salmon and celery work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 658 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Salmon Salad

Ingredients

1 can of salmon
celery (more than the amount of salmon)
Sydney Smith's dressing

Directions

Prepare

Remove all bones and oil from the salmon.
Shred the salmon into small pieces.
Cut the celery into small pieces, using a bit more than the amount of salmon.

Assemble

Mix the salmon and celery thoroughly with a fork.
Add Sydney Smith's dressing to taste.

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.

Salmon + celerytop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together658 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon: Provides the main protein and flaky texture of the salad.
Celery: Adds crisp texture and freshness that contrasts with the soft salmon.
Sydney smith's dressing: Adds moisture and flavour that binds the salad together.

“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.