Fish, Boiled

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. Lemon + watercresstop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together579 recipes

   Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

2. Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,787 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

3. Sauce + watercresstop 18% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together295 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

4. Egg + lemontop 19% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together44,316 recipes

   Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

5. Egg + watercresstop 20% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together638 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

Egg and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 44,316 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, cream, sauce, watercress):

1. Avocadofits better
2. Lemonthe original
3. Limefits less well
4. Pumpkinfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, cream, sauce, watercress. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.