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Oyster Plant

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,828 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Oyster Plant

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Scrape the oyster plant roots.

  2. Cut the roots crosswise into thin slices.

  3. Place the slices in a pot and cover with water.

  4. Stew until quite tender.

  5. Add a little milk, olive oil, and coarse sea salt.

  6. Serve with toast if desired.

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. Milk + olivetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,828 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Oyster + olivetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together709 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Oyster + milktop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,933 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

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