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Cracker Omelet

A savory omelet made with oyster crackers, veal, oysters, eggs, and milk.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Cracker Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Make the cracker omelet

  1. Break the oyster crackers into small pieces and pour the hot milk over them.

  2. Stir in the beaten eggs and pour the mixture into a hot buttered skillet.

  3. Cook slowly for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.

Fry the veal and oysters

  1. Chop the veal and oysters together finely, season with salt and pepper, and fry in hot butter.

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. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  2. Oyster + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  3. Oyster + eggtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,103 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Oyster crackers
Soften in hot milk to form the bulk and body of the omelet.
Hot milk
Softens the crackers and adds moisture to the mixture.
Eggs
Bind the cracker mixture and set into a tender, cohesive omelet when heated.
Veal
Provides the main meaty body and browns when fried in butter.
Oysters
Add a briny, savory flavor and tender texture when finely chopped and fried.

The step that matters

Cook slowly for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Egg proteins set into curds when heated. Gentle heat and frequent stirring keep the omelet tender and prevent the bottom from scorching or the eggs from turning rubbery.

“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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