Name: Guava Sponge
Ingredients: 4 tbsp sugar 1 pt; 2 eggs make as grape sponge; 4 guavas 4 tbsp sugar 1 pt; 1 junket tablet press guava pulp through net

Why it works: Sugar and junket work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 82 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Guava Sponge

Ingredients

4 tbsp sugar 1 pt
2 eggs make as grape sponge
4 guavas 4 tbsp sugar 1 pt
1 junket tablet press guava pulp through net

Directions

1 e guava pulp 14, box gelatine 34 ¢ sugar 14, e cold water Whites 2 eggs Make as grape sponge and serve with cream.
GUAVA WHEY AND CHEESE. 4 guavas 4 tbsp sugar 1 pt. milk 1 junket tablet Press guava pulp through net. Crush junket tablet in tbsp
cold water. Put milk on stove, and when lukewarm, remove. Add dissolved junket tablet and guava pulp. The whey of the milk will separate from the curd. Pour off whey, and serve iced as a drink. It can be used as lemon whey is used in invalid cookery. Serve curd as guava cheese.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

189Calories

7 gProtein

6 gFat

29 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
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Guava	not in our table	0
Junket	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 Alexander, Agnes B. (Agnes Baldwin), 1875-1970. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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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.

Sugar + junkettop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together82 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Grape + guavatop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Sugar + grapetop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together7,490 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Sugar + guavatop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together115 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).