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Vermicelli Soup

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 17 ingredients
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Vermicelli Soup

Why it works: Bread and ham are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,536 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Vermicelli Soup

Ingredients

  • Sauce

Directions

  1. Prepare the vermicelli according to package instructions.

  2. Remove the gills from the fish and cook until done.

  3. Boil the turkey and sweetbreads until tender.

  4. Prepare beef olives by rolling beef around a filling and cooking.

  5. Make a bread sauce by combining bread with broth and seasoning.

  6. Cook bacon and ham until crispy.

  7. Prepare patties by mixing meat with spices and frying.

  8. Cook fricandeau veal until browned and tender.

  9. Make gravy sauce by thickening meat drippings with flour.

  10. Dress the palates and serve with peas.

  11. Prepare ragout pigeons by stewing with vegetables.

  12. Roast the mutton until cooked to your liking.

  13. Serve vegetables on the side.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Bread + hamtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  2. Turkey + beeftop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together248 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Olive + breadtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Fish + breadtop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,668 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Beef + vealtop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,784 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

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

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