Why it works: Pork and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,387 recipes. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓
Pork and Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Cut pickled pork into small dice.
Fry the pork until nicely browned.
Add beaten eggs to the pan and stir until the eggs are cooked.
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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Pork + eggtop 30% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together10,387 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
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