Name: Six Things Punch
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 24 servings
Ingredients: 1 (46 fluid ounce) can fruit punch; 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate; 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate; 1 (6 fluid ounce) container frozen grape juice concentrate; 6 cups cold water; 3 cups ginger ale; 1 blood orange, cut into rounds

Why it works: Orange and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,833 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Six Things Punch

24 servings

Prep10 min

Ingredients

1 (46 fluid ounce) can fruit punch
1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate
1 (6 fluid ounce) container frozen grape juice concentrate
6 cups cold water
3 cups ginger ale
1 blood orange, cut into rounds

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

126Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

31 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Fruit	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

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.

Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,833 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Orange + grapetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,771 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Grape + gingertop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,037 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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, ginger):

Lemonfits better
Limefits better
Mangofits better
Grapethe original

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

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