Why it works: Oats and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,548 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓
Fried Oat Meal Mush
Ingredients
Directions
Cook rolled oats in water to make a thick mush.
Pour the cooked mush into square tins and let it cool.
Once cooled, cut the mush into slices.
Lightly bread the slices.
Fry the breaded slices in hot fat until golden.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve on a fancy folded napkin.
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 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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Oats + sugartop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,548 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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