Lobster Sandwiches

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. Lobster + saucetop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,095 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

2. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

3. Meat + breadtop 14% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together2,924 recipes

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

4. Lobster + meattop 14% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together909 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

5. Sauce + buttertop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together15,338 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Sauce and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,338 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Lobster meat

Provides the main filling and sweet, rich flavor of the sandwich.

Butter

Adds richness and moisture to the bread and keeps it from soaking up the filling.

Lemon juice

Adds acidity that brightens the flavor of the lobster.

Tabasco sauce

Adds a small amount of heat and vinegary sharpness to the lobster.

Bread

Gives the sandwich its structure and holds the lobster filling.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lobster, meat, sauce, butter, bread):

1. Coconutfits better
2. Figfits about as well
3. Applefits about as well
4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lobster, meat, sauce, butter, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.