Why it works: Lime and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 34% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,658 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Lime-Water
Ingredients
Directions
Break the unslacked lime into small pieces.
Place the lime in a clean quart bottle.
Fill the bottle with rain-water.
Let it stand overnight.
The next morning, use the clear lime-water from the top, leaving the sediment at the bottom.
When the water is used up, refill the bottle with water on the remaining lime and repeat as needed.
Add common salt to assist in digestion.
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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Lime + eggtop 34% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,658 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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