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Pond Scum

"Disgusting-looking punch for children's Halloween parties. Very easy and inexpensive. It is hard to convince kids to drink it, but they love it once they've tried it. It's too sweet for most adults. It helps that we live on a lake and say we've just drawn it from the lake."

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Pond Scum

Why it works: Orange and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 937 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Pond Scum

1 gallon
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

184Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
47 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
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.

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. Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Grape + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,771 recipes

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

  3. Grape + limetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together246 recipes

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

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

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, lime):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Grapethe original

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