Name: Horseradish, Vinegar, Honey, Etc.
Ingredients: 4 ounces grated fresh horseradish; 1 pint good vinegar; 1 pint honey

Why it works: Vinegar and honey are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,586 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Horseradish, Vinegar, Honey, Etc.

Ingredients

4 ounces grated fresh horseradish
1 pint good vinegar
1 pint honey

Directions

Combine grated horseradish and vinegar in a bowl and let it sit overnight.
The next day, add honey and bring the mixture to a boil.
Strain the mixture and squeeze out the liquid.
Take 1 to 2 teaspoons several times a day.

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.

Vinegar + honeytop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,586 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Horseradish + vinegartop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,609 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Horseradish + honeytop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together49 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).