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Buttermilk and Chive Salad Dressing

"This is great on potato salad! Adjust the seasonings to suite your taste, and use less mayonnaise if you'd like a thinner dressing."

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Buttermilk and Chive Salad Dressing

Why it works: Buttermilk and sugar match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,973 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Buttermilk and Chive Salad Dressing

8 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

283Calories
15 gProtein
13 gFat
27 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Buttermilk + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Pepper + chivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Buttermilk + chivetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Buttermilk + peppertop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together542 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sugar + chivetop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together467 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (buttermilk, sugar, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Chivethe original
  3. Sweet potatofits about as well
  4. Mustardfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against buttermilk, sugar, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.