Why it works: Mustard and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,210 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
To Prepare a Mustard Plaster
Ingredients
Directions
In a bowl, mix the mustard powder with the egg white until well combined.
Apply the mixture to the affected area as a plaster.
Leave it on for as long as needed, ensuring it does not blister the skin.
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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Mustard + eggtop 28% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together9,210 recipes
Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
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