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To Can Tomatoes and Corn

A method for canning tomatoes and corn together, seasoned with salt and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Tomato and corn match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,099 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

To Can Tomatoes and Corn

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare and cook

  1. Prepare the tomatoes for cooking.

  2. Add the corn to the tomatoes.

  3. Cook together until the corn is tender.

Season and can

  1. Season with salt and pepper.

  2. Skim off any foam, then seal tightly in heated cans.

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. Tomato + corntop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  3. Corn + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Tomatoes
Forms the liquid base of the dish and provides its tangy acidity.
Corn
Adds sweetness and body as it softens in the tomato liquid.

The step that matters

Skim off any foam, then seal tightly in heated cans.. Foam left on the surface can trap air and interfere with a tight seal. Filling into heated cans helps the contents stay hot during sealing, which supports a secure closure.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Carrotfits about as well
  3. Tomatothe original
  4. Potatofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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