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Fast Food Biscuits

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Fast Food Biscuits

Why it works: Lemon and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,289 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Fast Food Biscuits

6 biscuits
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

251Calories
8 gProtein
20 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Lemon + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Lemon + buttermilktop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together501 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Buttermilk + buttertop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,674 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Lime + buttermilktop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together62 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, buttermilk, butter):

  1. Orangefits about as well
  2. Limethe original
  3. Raspberryfits about as well
  4. Coconutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, buttermilk, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.