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Eipe Tomato Soy

A pickled tomato and onion relish seasoned with mustard, ginger, cloves, allspice, cayenne, brown sugar, and mustard seed.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Clove and allspice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,874 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Eipe Tomato Soy

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Layer the tomatoes and onions alternately in a large container.

  2. Sprinkle salt over the layers and let it stand for 24 hours.

  3. Drain off all the liquid.

Stew and finish

  1. Add vinegar, ground mustard, ground ginger, ground cloves, ground allspice, and cayenne pepper.

  2. Stew the mixture slowly for 2 to 3 hours.

  3. When nearly done, stir in brown sugar and mustard seed.

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. Clove + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7,874 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Ginger + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,620 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Mustard + allspicetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,928 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  5. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

What each ingredient does

Tomatoes
Form the bulk of the relish and supply its fresh, juicy body.
Onions
Add sharpness and savory depth that mellows during the long stew.
Vinegar
Provides acidity that preserves the relish and gives it a tangy bite.
Brown sugar
Adds sweetness and balances the sharpness of the vinegar.
Mustard seed
Contributes a pungent, slightly crunchy bite and sharp aroma.

The step that matters

Stewing slowly. Slow, gentle simmering lets the tomatoes and onions soften and their flavors meld without scorching. Stirring helps prevent sticking on the bottom of the pot as the liquid reduces and thickens.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, vinegar, mustard, ginger, clove, allspice, pepper):

  1. Horseradishfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Radishfits better
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, vinegar, mustard, ginger, clove, allspice, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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