Name: Cook Book of the Northwest
Ingredients: one teaspoonful of cloves; one cup of sour milk; half teaspoonfuls of soda; a cup of raisins is an improvement

Why it works: Clove and raisin are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,070 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Cook Book of the Northwest

Ingredients

one teaspoonful of cloves
one cup of sour milk
half teaspoonfuls of soda
a cup of raisins is an improvement

Directions

nutmeg, and one teaspoonful of cloves, one cup of sour milk, and one and a half teaspoonfuls of soda. A cup of raisins is an improvement.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

267Calories

9 gProtein

9 gFat

42 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sour Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Keokuk (Iowa). Westminster Presbyterian church. 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.

Clove + raisintop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,070 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Milk + raisintop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,155 recipes

Shared aroma: decanoic acid (acides aroma).
Clove + milktop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,165 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).