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Corn Omelet

A savory omelet made with fresh corn kernels, eggs, cream, butter, salt, and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Corn Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the corn

  1. Shave off the kernels from the corn and scrape out the rest with a dull knife, avoiding the cob.

Make and cook the omelet

  1. In a bowl, mix the corn kernels with the beaten eggs, cream or milk, butter, salt, and pepper.

  2. Heat 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet over medium heat.

  3. Pour the corn mixture into the skillet and cook until it sets.

  4. Fold the omelet over and transfer it to a hot platter.

  5. Serve immediately.

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. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Corn + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Corn + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,345 recipes

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

  4. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set into a custard that binds the corn and gives the omelet its structure.
Sweet corn
Supplies sweetness and tender texture that contrasts with the soft eggs.
Cream or milk
Adds moisture and richness, keeping the eggs tender rather than dry.
Butter
Adds fat for flavor and helps prevent the omelet from sticking in the skillet.

The step that matters

Cook until it sets. Cooking over medium heat lets the eggs set gently into a tender custard. Too much heat toughens and dries the eggs, while too little leaves the centre runny.

“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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