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Cooking for Others: Aphrodisiac Party Recipes“Pearled Oyster Crackers” I.e. Potato Crisps with Creme Fraiche and Caviar in Oyster Shells

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Why it works: Potato chip and milk work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and 15 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes about 50 bites Makes 30-40 bitesMakes about 50Makes about 50, depending on the size of the coo

Ingredients

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

Directions

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By biggirlssmallkitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Potato chip + milktop 24% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Chive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,148 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Caviar + oystertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Honey + milktop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,333 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  5. Oyster + truffletop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together304 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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