Why it works: Salmon and lettuce work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 487 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
Dried Fish Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Soak the dried smoked herring or salmon in warm water for 15 minutes.
Cut the fish into small pieces.
Mix the fish with mayonnaise or French dressing.
Garnish with lettuce.
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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Salmon + lettucetop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together487 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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