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Beoiled Ham and Eggs

Broiled ham slices topped with poached eggs and butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Ham and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,475 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Beoiled Ham and Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Broil the thin slices of ham until cooked.

  2. Add a bit of butter on each piece of ham.

  3. Poach the eggs in water and place one on each piece of ham.

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

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

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

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

  3. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Thin slices of ham
Forms the base layer and provides savory, meaty flavor as it browns under the broiler.
Butter
Adds richness and fat, helping the ham stay moist and adding a mellow flavor.
Eggs
Provide the soft, runny yolk that sits on top and enriches the dish.

The step that matters

Poach the eggs in water. Eggs cook gently in water held below a full simmer, which keeps the whites tender and the yolks runny. Vigorous boiling can break the whites apart and make them ragged.

“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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