Why it works: Shrimp and vinegar work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 862 recipes. Both carry 3-methylbutanol, which smells malty, whiskey. The science ↓
To Pickle Shrimps
Ingredients
Directions
Pick the finest shrimps you can find.
Put them into cold ale vinegar and add salt.
Place them into small bottles and cork them tightly.
Keep the bottles for future use.
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.
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Shrimp + vinegartop 24% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together862 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).
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