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Camphor Spirits

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Spirit and wine work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 701 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

Camphor Spirits

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Break up the camphor and clean it.

  2. Place the camphor in a large glass bottle or jar.

  3. Pour the alcohol over the camphor and seal the bottle tightly.

  4. Cover the top with a piece of kid leather.

  5. Let it sit overnight until the camphor is dissolved.

  6. Transfer a portion to small bottles for convenience.

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. Spirit + winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together701 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  2. Camphor + spirittop 10% of all pairs
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    Cooked together207 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Camphor + winetop 21% of all pairs
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    Cooked together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

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