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Hickory Nut and Banana Sandwiches

A sandwich made with chopped hickory nuts, sliced bananas, and brown bread.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Meat and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,924 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Hickory Nut and Banana Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a bowl, combine the chopped hickory nut meats and sliced bananas.

  2. Spread the mixture between thin slices of brown bread.

  3. Serve immediately.

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. Meat + breadtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,924 recipes

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

  2. Banana + breadtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Meat + bananatop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

What each ingredient does

Hickory nut meats
Adds crunch and a rich, nutty flavor that contrasts with the soft banana.
Bananas
Provide sweetness and a soft, moist filling that binds the sandwich together.
Brown bread
Gives the sandwich its structure and a slightly sweet, toasty flavor to hold the filling.

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (meat, bread):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Datesfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against meat, bread. 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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