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Gumbo and Tomatoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Okra and tomato work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 327 recipes. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Gumbo and Tomatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine okra and tomatoes in a pot.

  2. Cook over medium heat until tender.

  3. Can the mixture as previously directed.

  4. Scald the tomatoes and remove the skins.

  5. Place tomatoes in a porcelain-lined kettle, bring to a boil, and simmer for 30 minutes.

  6. Pour boiling hot tomatoes into jars, fasten the lids, and store in a cool place.

  7. Once cooled, screw the lids tightly and keep in a dark, dry closet.

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. Okra + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together327 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

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

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