Name: Quaker Oats
Ingredients: C ounces of butter; 4 or 5 egg yolks; 3 ounces of Quaker Oats; 3 large tablespoons of vegetables (cauliflower or asparagus); salt to taste

Why it works: Butter and oats are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,939 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Quaker Oats

Ingredients

C ounces of butter
4 or 5 egg yolks
3 ounces of Quaker Oats
3 large tablespoons of vegetables (cauliflower or asparagus)
salt to taste

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Cream the butter in a bowl.
Add the egg yolks and Quaker Oats to the butter and mix well.
Cook the vegetables in a little water until tender, then drain.
Mix the drained vegetables with the egg whites and season with salt.
Combine all mixtures and bake at 350°F (175°C) until set.

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.

Butter + oatstop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,939 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Oats + cauliflowertop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Butter + cauliflowertop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together823 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Egg + oatstop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,317 recipes

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