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Tomato Salad

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Tomato Salad

Why it works: Tomato and cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,896 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Tomato Salad

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Peel, chill, and slice the tomatoes thickly.

  2. Place a slice of cheese on each tomato slice.

  3. Spread mayonnaise on the cheese.

  4. Top with a second slice of tomato.

  5. Add a small spoonful of mayonnaise on top.

  6. Serve on individual plates.

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.

  1. Tomato + cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,896 recipes

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

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

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