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Oyster Plant

A dish of oyster plant cooked, cut, and fried in white sauce or fritter batter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Oyster and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,233 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Oyster Plant

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Scrape the oyster plant and place it in cold water with a little vinegar to prevent discoloration.

  2. Cook in boiling salted water until tender.

  3. Drain and cut into 1-inch pieces.

  4. Mix with white sauce.

Fry

  1. Dip in fritter batter.

  2. Fry in hot oil.

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. Oyster + saucetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Vinegar + saucetop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,844 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Oyster + vinegartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,024 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

What each ingredient does

Oyster plant
Provides the main bulk and mild flavor of the fritters.
White sauce or fritter batter
Binds the pieces together and adds moisture and richness to the fritters.
Oil for frying
Conducts heat to crisp and brown the outside of the fritters.

The step that matters

Fry in hot oil. If the oil is not hot enough, the batter absorbs grease and turns heavy and soggy instead of crisping quickly. Hot oil seals the coating so it browns while the inside heats through.

“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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