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Raw Rolled Oats

Rolled oats soaked in warm salted water, then served with soaked dried fruit and cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Oats and dates share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 69 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Raw Rolled Oats

Ingredients

Directions

Soak

  1. Soak the oats in warm salted water for several hours or overnight.

  2. Soak dried fruit in a small amount of water before adding.

Serve

  1. When ready to serve, place the soaked oats in a dish of warm water for 20 minutes.

  2. Add soaked dried fruit and serve with or without cream.

  3. Substitute 1 teaspoon of nut cream for 2 ounces of cream.

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. Oats + datestop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together69 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  2. Raisin + datestop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together358 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Oats + raisintop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together218 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).

  4. Raisin + creamtop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,642 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  5. Dates + creamtop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together276 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

Rolled oats
Soaking softens the oat flakes so they become tender and chewy without cooking.
Raisins
Add natural sweetness and chewy texture to the soaked oats.
Dates
Add sweetness and a soft, chewy texture to the dish.
Dried prunes
Add sweetness and a soft, moist texture to the dish.
Cream
Adds richness and fat, giving the oats a smoother, creamier mouthfeel.

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, dates, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Pumpkinfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, dates, cream. 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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