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Eggless Squash Oe Pumpkin Pee

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and allspice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,536 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Eggless Squash Oe Pumpkin Pee

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Stew the squash or pumpkin until very dry, then press through a colander.

  2. While warm, mix in the butter, brown sugar or molasses, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and baking soda.

  3. If desired, add a little allspice, but note it may darken the pie.

  4. Add crushed crackers or flour/cornstarch to thicken the batter.

  5. Adjust the amount of milk based on the thickness of the pumpkin.

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. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Ginger + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,620 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Pumpkin + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

Swap the allspice

The recipe marks allspice as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pumpkin, butter, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, flour, milk):

  1. Cardamomfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Clovefits about as well
  4. Allspicethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pumpkin, butter, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, flour, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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