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From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,426 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

To Eg’g’ and Breadcrumb

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Beat the eggs in a bowl until smooth.

  2. Mix in the salad oil and water or milk.

  3. Place breadcrumbs in a shallow dish.

  4. Dip the cutlet in the egg mixture, coating it evenly.

  5. Roll the cutlet in the breadcrumbs and set aside for 30 minutes.

  6. Dip the cutlet in the egg mixture again and coat with breadcrumbs once more.

  7. Fry the cutlets in hot suet until pale golden brown.

  8. Drain on blotting paper before serving.

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 + cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,426 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Egg + parsleytop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,765 recipes

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

  4. Parsley + cheesetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,507 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Milk + parsleytop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,011 recipes

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

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

Swap the parsley

The recipe marks parsley as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, milk, cheese):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Dillfits about as well
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, milk, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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