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Breakfast, No. 1. Oatmeal and Cream

A simple breakfast of oatmeal served with cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and corn match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 938 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Breakfast, No. 1. Oatmeal and Cream

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Prepare oatmeal according to package instructions and serve with cream.

  2. Cook lamb chops on a grill or in a skillet until desired doneness.

  3. Broil steak to your preferred level of doneness.

  4. Peel and chop potatoes, then stew them in water until tender.

  5. Slice potatoes, fry in oil until golden brown.

  6. Serve rolls warm.

  7. Prepare corn cakes according to your favorite recipe.

  8. Brew tea and coffee as 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. Potato + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together938 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Tea + coffeetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together259 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methyl-3-(methyldithio)furan (thiamin, meat).

  3. Lamb + potatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together520 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Potato + teatop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together136 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Corn + teatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together89 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Oatmeal
Forms the base of the porridge, providing bulk and a soft, thick texture.
Cream
Adds richness and fat, softening the flavor and mellowing the oats.
Lamb chops
Provide the main protein, browning on the surface while staying juicy inside.
Steak
Provides the main protein, with broiling browning the surface through high direct heat.
Potatoes
Supply starch that turns tender when stewed and crisp and golden when fried.

“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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