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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Veal and liver match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 392 recipes. Both carry enoic acid, which smells butter, cheesy. The science ↓

Breakfast

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Prepare oatmeal mush according to package instructions.

  2. Cook veal cutlets in a skillet until browned.

  3. Fry liver in the same skillet until cooked through.

  4. Fry potatoes until golden and tender.

  5. Sauté new onions until soft.

  6. Toast bread for breakfast toast.

  7. Prepare hot pocket-books as desired.

  8. Steam or boil asparagus until tender.

  9. Serve radishes fresh.

  10. Brew coffee and chocolate as beverages.

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. Veal + livertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: enoic acid (butter, cheesy).

  2. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  3. Potato + asparagustop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together217 recipes

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

  4. Coffee + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

  5. Asparagus + radishtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the radish

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, liver, potato, onion, asparagus, coffee, chocolate):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Radishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, liver, potato, onion, asparagus, coffee, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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