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Another Way to Preserve Meat

This recipe uses vinegar for preservation, which is generally safe.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Meat and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 31% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,428 recipes. Both carry 3-methylbutanol, which smells malty, whiskey. The science ↓

Another Way to Preserve Meat

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place fresh meat in a close vessel containing vinegar.

  2. Seal the vessel to keep the meat immersed in the vinegar.

  3. Let it sit for a considerable time to preserve the meat.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Meat + vinegartop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,428 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

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

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