Name: Gee,se and Turkeys
Ingredients: 1 fat goose; 1 turkey; 3 whole nutmeg; white pepper to taste; coarse sea salt to taste; clarified butter

Why it works: Nutmeg and white pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,375 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Gee,se and Turkeys

Ingredients

Directions

Cut the goose and turkey down the rump and bone them.
Lay them open and season all over with nutmeg, white pepper, and double the quantity of salt.
Place the turkey inside the goose and keep them in seasoning for two nights and a day.
Roll them up tightly like collared beef and bind with tape.
Bake in a long pan until tender.
Let them sit in the hot liquid for one hour, then remove and let cool overnight.
Unbind and place in a pot, pouring clarified butter over them.
Slice thinly as needed for serving.

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.

Nutmeg + white peppertop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,375 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Turkey + buttertop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,592 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Nutmeg + buttertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together24,377 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Turkey + nutmegtop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together257 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
White pepper + buttertop 28% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,814 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).