Why it works: Meat and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and 6,432 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓
Egg Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Use bones or soup meat to make the soup.
When the soup is half ready, beat the eggs until very light.
Add one egg for every two servings into the soup.
This soup does not require any vegetables.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Meat + eggtop 22% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together6,432 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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