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Cod Sounds, Boiled

Cod sounds boiled in equal parts milk and water until tender, then served with egg sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 88,465 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Prepare

  1. Soak cod sounds in warm water for 30 minutes or scald in hot water.

  2. Remove the dirty skin.

  3. Clean thoroughly.

Cook and serve

  1. Boil in equal parts milk and water until tender.

  2. Serve with egg sauce.

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. Milk + eggtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together88,465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Milk + saucetop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together3,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Egg + saucetop 27% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together10,401 recipes

Egg and sauce share little aroma chemistry, yet 10,401 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Milk
Adds mild flavour and richness to the poaching liquid, which also softens the cod sounds.

The step that matters

Boiling in milk and water. Milk proteins can scorch and stick to the pan at a hard boil. A gentle simmer keeps the liquid smooth and lets the cod sounds become tender without toughening.

“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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