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Cheese Sandwiches

A sandwich spread made from boiled egg yolk, cheese, butter, and seasonings.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Mustard and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,067 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Cheese Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Crumble the yolk of the hard boiled egg into a small bowl.

  2. Add melted butter and mix until smooth.

  3. Incorporate salt, pepper, mustard, and grated cheese, mixing well.

  4. Stir in vinegar to achieve the desired thickness.

Assemble

  1. Spread the mixture between biscuits, bread, or oat cakes.

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. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

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

  4. Cheese + mustardtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,805 recipes

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

  5. Cheese + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

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

What each ingredient does

Hard boiled egg yolk
Its crumbled yolk gives the filling a soft, rich body that holds the mixture together.
Common cheese
Grated cheese supplies the main flavour and bulk of the filling.
Melted butter
Fat coats the crumbs and cheese, making the filling smooth and spreadable.
Vinegar or cold water
Liquid loosens the mixture, and its thickness is adjusted to the cook's preference.

The step that matters

Stir in vinegar to achieve the desired thickness. Liquid should be added gradually. Too much makes the filling runny and hard to spread, while too little leaves it stiff and crumbly.

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, cheese, pepper, butter, vinegar):

  1. Capsicumfits about as well
  2. Mustardthe original
  3. Asparagusfits less well
  4. Potatofits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, cheese, pepper, butter, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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