Why it works: Lemon and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓
Iced Tea
Ingredients
Directions
After steeping, strain into a wide-mouthed bottle and keep on ice. Sweeten and serve without cream, filling cup with bits of ice. Or make an infusion quite strong, and pour into glasses in which cracked ice has been placed.
CHOCOLATE.
Take an ounce of chocolate to a cup of milk. Grate the chocolate, add two tablespoonfuls of water and dissolve over hot water. Mash to a smooth paste. Scald the milk and sweeten to taste. When the chocolate is smooth, add to it gradually half the milk, stirring all the while. Return this to the farina boiler with the remainder of the milk and cook for several minutes. Mill it or stir it well, and serve at once. To those chocolates not previously flavored with vanilla, a few drops of the extract improves the taste. In serving chocolate, shake a very little cinnamon over the filled cup, to make the beverage like the chocolate of Mexico and Havana. A very little flavoring of brandy may be added to the above or not, as one wishes.
Mrs. E. B. Millar. LEMONADE.
Five lemons, one orange, one-half pound loaf sugar, one pint water, one quart bottle Shasta water, ice. Make a syrup of the water and sugar, add the lemon rinds and let stand one hour. Then remove the rinds, add the strained juice of the lemons and the orange, cut in very thin slices. Pour the lem- onade into a bowl, having a block of ice in the center. Add strawberries if desired. The Shasta water should be added just before serving.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| 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.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.
Explore the science
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.
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Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together10,634 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together15,404 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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Chocolate + milktop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together9,128 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
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Milk + lemontop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together19,053 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Milk + orangetop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,696 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, chocolate, milk, orange):
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- Figfits better
- Cherryfits better
- Lemonthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, chocolate, milk, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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