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Cold Bacon and Eggs

A fried ball of bacon, eggs, and potato coated in egg and cracker crumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,978 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Cold Bacon and Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the mixture

  1. Chop the leftover bacon and eggs finely in a wooden bowl.

  2. Add mashed or cold chopped potato and bacon gravy if available.

  3. Mix well and form into small balls.

Coat and fry

  1. Roll each ball in raw egg and then in cracker crumbs.

  2. Heat oil in a skillet and fry the balls until light brown on both sides.

  3. Serve hot.

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. Egg + potatotop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,978 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Leftover eggs
Bind the chopped mixture together and add richness to the balls.
Mashed or cold chopped potato
Adds bulk and moisture, helping the balls hold their shape.
Raw egg
Sets during frying to form a coating that holds the crumbs in place.
Cracker crumbs
Form a crisp outer layer that browns in the hot oil.

The step that matters

Frying until light brown on both sides. The crumb coating browns quickly in hot oil, so the balls can scorch on the outside while the centre stays cold. Moderate heat and turning the balls gives an even, golden crust and a fully heated interior.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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