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My Father's Lime Daiquiri

"My father used to make this refreshing beverage since I can remember and...let me drink it! It is a favorite of everyone in my family and of every one who has tried it!"

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My Father's Lime Daiquiri

Why it works: Lime and rum work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 412 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

My Father's Lime Daiquiri

4 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

179Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
38 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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

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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. Lime + rumtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together412 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Sugar + rumtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,908 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Lime + sugartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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 (sugar, rum):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Bananafits better
  4. Limethe original

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