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Minced Ham and Scrambled Eggs

A dish of minced ham and scrambled eggs served on toast.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and milk 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 ↓

Minced Ham and Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a stew pan, melt the butter over medium heat.

  2. Add the minced ham and pepper, stirring to combine.

Cook and serve

  1. Pour in the milk and bring to a boil.

  2. Stir in the beaten eggs and cook until just set.

  3. Serve the mixture on toast.

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. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  2. Ham + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,475 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Ham + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,526 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Butter + eggtop 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

Minced ham
Adds savory meat flavor and substance to the scramble.
Butter
Adds richness and fat, carrying flavor and keeping the mixture from sticking.
Milk
Adds moisture and softness, keeping the eggs creamy rather than dry.
Eggs
Set as they heat, binding the ham and milk into a soft, tender mixture.

The step that matters

Cook the eggs until just set. Egg proteins firm as they heat. Overcooking tightens them further, squeezing out moisture and leaving the scramble dry and rubbery, so it should be removed while still soft.

“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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