Why it works: Corn and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,168 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
How to Can Corn or Peas
Ingredients
Directions
Cook and jar
Boil corn, water, sugar, and salt for 20 minutes.
Seal the mixture in jars.
Use
To use, pour off the water and soak in clear water to draw out some salt.
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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Corn + sugartop 21% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together7,168 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Corn
- Forms the bulk of the dish, and cooking softens the kernels.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness that balances the salt.
- Coarse sea salt
- Seasons the corn and draws water out of the kernels during cooking.
The step that matters
Soaking to remove salt. The corn is heavily salted, and soaking in clear water lets salt move from the kernels into the water through diffusion. A short soak or too little water leaves the corn too salty.
“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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