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Salmon and Fried Smelts

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Salmon and smelt work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 67 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Salmon and Fried Smelts

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

  1. Clean and prepare the salmon and smelts.

  2. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat.

  3. Season the fish with salt.

  4. Fry the smelts until golden brown, about 3-4 minutes per side.

  5. Serve the fried smelts alongside the salmon.

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. Salmon + smelttop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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