Name: Better with Buttermilk Dip
Ingredients: 1 cup buttermilk; 2 cups mayonnaise; 1 cup sour cream or yogurt; 1 envelope ranch style dressing

Why it works: Buttermilk and ranch share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 29 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

1 cup buttermilk
2 cups mayonnaise
1 cup sour cream or yogurt
1 envelope ranch style dressing

Also mentioned in the method: crackers

Directions

Mix ingredients, stir together, and chill.
Serve with your choice of fruits or vegetables or crackers.

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Explore the science

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.

Buttermilk + ranchtop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together29 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Buttermilk + creamtop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together674 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + ranchtop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together19 recipes

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