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Vegetables. Cabbages.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Cabbage and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,397 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Vegetables. Cabbages.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pick and wash the cabbages thoroughly.

  2. Boil the cabbages in a well-tinned copper saucepan with plenty of water.

  3. Add coarse sea salt to the water before adding the cabbages.

  4. Remove the cabbages when the stalks are tender and before they lose their color.

  5. For chopped cabbage, melt butter in a saucepan, add the cabbage, and stir for 5-6 minutes before 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.

  1. Cabbage + buttertop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,397 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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