Why it works: Beer and butter work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 680 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓
Tripe
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the tripe into small square pieces.
Dip them in small beer or egg yolks.
Fry in good fat until light brown.
Remove from the pan and let drain for a minute.
Serve with plain melted butter.
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 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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Beer + buttertop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together680 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
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