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Fish + Mace

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 586 recipes, and they share 6 flavor molecules: the top 25% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together586 recipes
Ranktop 25% of pairs
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152fish only 6shared 28mace only Fish · 158 Mace · 34
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do fish and mace go together?

Yes. 586 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 6 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 25% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 6 flavor molecules: 18% of mace's 34. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and linalool (floral, citrus). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What each one brings

fish

The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 20% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for mace. It carries 152 molecules mace doesn't have.

mace

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 31% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for fish. It carries 28 molecules fish doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Nutmeg: the best fit for both, top 23% of pairs with fish, top 4% with mace.
  • Clove: top 25% of pairs with fish, top 6% with mace.
  • Common carp: top 7% of pairs with fish, top 24% with mace.
  • Ginger: top 17% of pairs with fish, top 11% with mace.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with fish and mace

We have no browsable recipe that lists both fish and mace.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: fish has 152 molecules mace doesn't, and mace has 28 that fish doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 6 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 152 only in fish and the 28 only in mace.

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Fish and mace questions

Do fish and mace go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 586 recipes, and they share 6 flavor molecules: the top 25% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do fish and mace taste good together?

They overlap on 6 flavor molecules: 18% of mace's 34. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and linalool (floral, citrus). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What goes with fish and mace?

Nutmeg is the best third ingredient: top 23% of pairs with fish and top 4% with mace. Clove and common carp also fit both.

Can I use mace instead of fish?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: fish has 152 molecules mace doesn't, and mace has 28 that fish doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs

Cite this analysis
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Fish vs Mace. https://compkitchen.com/compare/fish-vs-mace. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_fish_vs_mace_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Fish vs Mace},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/fish-vs-mace},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.