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Creole Sandwiches

A sandwich spread made from chopped chicken or veal, red peppers, parsley, and mayonnaise.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Creole Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a bowl, combine the chopped chicken or veal, red peppers, and parsley.

  2. Add enough mayonnaise to create a spreadable mixture.

  3. Spread the mixture on your choice of bread to assemble the sandwiches.

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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Chicken + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

  3. Chicken + parsleytop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,314 recipes

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

  4. Parsley + spreadtop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl acetate (pineapple, fruity).

  5. Chicken + spreadtop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together72 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl acetate (pineapple, fruity).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken or veal
Provides the main protein and bulk of the filling.
Red peppers
Adds mild sweetness and a fresh, slightly crisp texture.
Mayonnaise
Adds fat and moisture so the mixture binds and spreads.

The step that matters

Adding the mayonnaise. Add it gradually until the mixture just spreads. Mayonnaise is mostly fat and water, so too much makes the filling loose and soaks into the bread, leaving the sandwich soggy.

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, spread):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Basilfits about as well
  3. Thymefits about as well
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, spread. 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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