Why it works: Dates and cream work together. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 276 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓
Chopped Dates, with Oatmeal
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the dates
Stove the dates and cut them into small pieces.
Place the chopped dates in a bowl.
Combine and serve
Pour hot oatmeal over the dates.
Let it sit until ready to serve, allowing the dates to flavor the oatmeal.
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.
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Dates + creamtop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together276 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Oatmeal
- Forms the base of the dish and gives it its body and texture.
- Dates
- Add sweetness and flavor, which spread into the oatmeal as it sits.
- Cream
- Adds richness and a creamy mouthfeel through its fat.
“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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