Name: Fried Oysters
Ingredients: large oysters; salt; pepper; fine bread crumbs; 1 egg; deep frying oil

Why it works: Oyster and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,545 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Fried Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

Select large oysters and remove any shell pieces.
Drain the oysters from liquid, then wash and dry them.
Season the oysters with salt and pepper.
Dip each oyster in fine bread crumbs, then in beaten egg, and back into the crumbs.
Heat deep frying oil to 390°F (200°C).
Fry the oysters for 1 minute until golden brown.
Drain the fried oysters and garnish before serving with Tomato Sauce or Sauce Tartare.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Oyster + breadtop 13% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together2,545 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together22,662 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Oyster + eggtop 14% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together4,103 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Pepper + breadtop 16% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together20,964 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Oyster + peppertop 22% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together7,663 recipes

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