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Nutmeato and Potato Stew

A stew of potatoes and nutmeato, optionally flavored with celery or onions and seasoned with salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Celery and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,377 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Nutmeato and Potato Stew

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a pot, combine the coarsely cut potatoes and cubed nutmeato.

  2. Cook until the potatoes are tender.

  3. If using, add celery or onions shortly before the stew is finished to extract their flavor.

  4. Season with salt just before serving.

  5. For added flavor, substitute strained tomatoes for water if desired.

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. Celery + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Potato + tomatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,798 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Potato + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Form the bulk of the stew and soften into tender pieces as they cook.
Nutmeato
Provides the protein base, holding its cubed shape while the stew cooks.
Strained tomatoes
Add acidity and savory flavor when used in place of water.

Swap the celery

The recipe marks celery as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, tomato):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Thymefits about as well
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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