Why it works: Green beans and parsley work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 70 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓
String Bean Salad
Ingredients
Directions
String the green beans and place them in a kettle of salted water.
Boil until tender, then drain carefully to avoid breaking them.
Arrange the beans neatly on a platter.
Cover with French dressing and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Serve at once.
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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Green beans + parsleytop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together70 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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