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Pineapples, Canned

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Why it works: Pineapple and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,841 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Pineapples, Canned

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 212°F (100°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

  1. Peel the pineapples and remove the eyes and woody core.

  2. Cut the pineapples into whole or sliced pieces.

  3. Fill cans with the prepared fruit.

  4. Make a heavy syrup by mixing water and refined cane sugar.

  5. Pour the syrup into the cans to fill the interstices.

  6. Cap and hermetically seal the cans.

  7. Process the sealed cans in an open bath at 212°F (100°C).

  8. Vent the cans by puncturing the caps.

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. Pineapple + sugartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,841 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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