Why it works: Flour and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 29,941 recipes mention both. Both carry acetaldehyde, which smells pungent, ethereal. The science ↓
Play Dough
Ingredients
Directions
1 Mix the food coloring into the water and then add the other ingredients.
2 Cook on top of the stove over medium heat until the mixture comes away from the side of the pan.
3 Cool until you can handle it and then knead out the lumps.
4 Cool completely for children to handle.
5 Store tightly covered
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Flour + creamtop 15% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together29,941 recipes
Shared aroma: acetaldehyde (pungent, ethereal).
Flour and cream share little aroma chemistry, yet 29,941 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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