Why it works: Beans and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,347 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, pear. The science ↓
Bean Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Drain the cold cooked string beans.
Dress the beans with a simple oil and vinegar dressing or mayonnaise.
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.
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Beans + vinegartop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,347 recipes
Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).
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