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To Prepare Calf’s Feet Stock

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 42,166 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

To Prepare Calf’s Feet Stock

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Dip the calf's feet in cold water and place them in a deep pan.

  2. Sprinkle rosin powder evenly on both sides.

  3. Pour boiling water over the feet to cover them and let sit for 1-2 minutes.

  4. Scrape off the hair with a knife.

  5. Wash the feet thoroughly in hot and cold water.

  6. Divide the feet at the joint and split the claws, removing any fat between them.

  7. If the feet are large, add 1 gallon of cold water; if smaller, use 1-2 quarts less.

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. Egg + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together42,166 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Egg and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 42,166 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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