Why it works: Cinnamon and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,058 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
A Teaspoonful of Compound Tincture of Cinnamon Beaten Up with a Raw Egg
Ingredients
Directions
In a small bowl, combine the compound tincture of cinnamon and the raw egg.
Beat the mixture until well combined.
Consume immediately for voice strengthening.
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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Cinnamon + eggtop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together19,058 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Cinnamon and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,058 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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