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Purple People Eater

"Shots of Caribbean rum, grape schnapps, and lemon-lime soda. I'm not sure where the recipe originated, but it's delicious! If you prefer less alcohol, grape juice or soda may be used in place of the grape schnapps."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Purple People Eater

Why it works: Lemon and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,289 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Purple People Eater

1 serving
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

426Calories
3 gProtein
27 gFat
39 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32

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. Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Coconut + rumtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together259 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Rum + grapetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together197 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Coconut + grapetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together436 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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 (coconut, rum, lemon, lime):

  1. Mangofits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Grapethe original

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