Name: Mayonnaise of Salmon on Lettuce Leaves
Ingredients: 1 can salmon; 1 cup mayonnaise; Lettuce leaves; Salt and pepper to taste

Why it works: Lettuce and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,037 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Mayonnaise of Salmon on Lettuce Leaves

Ingredients

1 can salmon
1 cup mayonnaise
Lettuce leaves
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Drain the salmon and flake it into a bowl.
Mix the salmon with mayonnaise, adding salt and pepper to taste.
Place the mixture on lettuce leaves for serving.

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.

Lettuce + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,037 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Salmon + lettucetop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together487 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Salmon + peppertop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together5,446 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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What each ingredient does

Salmon: Provides the main protein and flaky texture of the salad.
Mayonnaise: Adds fat and moisture, binding the salmon into a creamy mixture.
Lettuce leaves: Serve as a crisp, cool base that holds the salmon mixture.