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A Potato Salad Sandwich

"This sandwich is based wholly on potato salad. Invented by my mother and I. Put it in the ice-box for lunch anywhere! Use any type of potato salad."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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A Potato Salad Sandwich

Why it works: Tomato and potato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,798 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

A Potato Salad Sandwich

1 serving
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

516Calories
38 gProtein
21 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Saladnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Tomato + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,798 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Lettuce + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Lettuce + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together322 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, potato):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Okrafits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Lettucethe original

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