Name: Fruit Punch
Ingredients: 2 pint rum; 6 oranges; 6 lemons; 2 bottles seltzer just before serving

Why it works: Orange and lemon 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 ↓

Fruit Punch

Ingredients

2 pint rum
6 oranges
6 lemons
2 bottles seltzer just before serving

Directions

Put in punch bowl: — I*1/* cup of strong black tea, 6 oranges, (sliced), 6 lemons, (juice only), i pineapple (diced), i pint Maras- chino cherries, i quart plain syrup, i quart white wine, ]/2 pint rum, ½ pint good whiskey, 2 bottles seltzer just before serving; sweeten
to suit taste.
Mrs. Frank K. Rice, Woman's Exposition Club.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

106Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

19 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Rum	1/2 oz (15ml)	32
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12

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

By New Orleans Federation of Clubs. 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.

Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,634 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Rum + orangetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together801 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Rum + lemontop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,341 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).