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Fried Ham and Eggs

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Ham and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,526 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Fried Ham and Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut slices of ham thin and remove the rind.

  2. Heat a frying pan and cook the ham slices for about 3 minutes, turning often until crisp.

  3. Transfer the ham to a hot platter.

  4. Rinse the pan and return the clear grease to fry the eggs.

  5. Break each egg into a saucer to check for bad eggs, then gently slip them into the frying pan.

  6. Do not turn the eggs; instead, pour hot lard over them with a spoon.

  7. Cook the eggs for about 3 minutes until the whites are transparent and the yolks are visible.

  8. Use a spatula to lift the eggs, trim any discolored edges, and place one on each slice of ham.

  9. 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. Ham + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,526 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

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