Why it works: Milk and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,226 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Cream of Tomato Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Cover oat flakes with warm milk or cream.
Add fresh tomatoes and salt to taste.
Blend until smooth and serve hot.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Milk + tomatotop 15% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together2,226 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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