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Shrimp Salad

A chilled salad of shrimp, cabbage, dressing, and sweet cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Shrimp and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,067 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Shrimp Salad

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, mix the shrimps and chopped cabbage thoroughly.

  2. Add your preferred salad dressing and the sweet cream.

  3. Toss gently to combine all ingredients.

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. Shrimp + creamtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Shrimp + cabbagetop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together72 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Cabbage + creamtop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together778 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

What each ingredient does

Shrimps
Provide the main protein and savory flavor of the salad.
Firm white cabbage
Adds crisp texture and bulk to the salad.
Sweet cream
Adds richness and moisture to the dressing.

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, cream):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, cream. 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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