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By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson." · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,381 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

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Directions

  1. A brass kettle should always be cleaned with a little salt and vinegar before using it.

  2. One pint lime, one pint salt, and three gallons of water will keep eggs for winter use.

  3. Stair rods can be cleaned by dipping a cloth in coal and rotten-stone, and rubbing them well. Then rub off with another cloth or a piece of paper.

  4. If you wash matting in salt and water it will keep it from turning dark.

  5. A NICE PAINT FOR PAVEMENTS. One gallon flour paste, not very thick, two pounds Vene- tian red. Mix this thoroughly, and apply it to the pavement with a whitewash brush.

  6. FLOOR POLISH THAT IS USED AT MT. VERNON.

  7. One pint of linseed oil, one of soft soap, one-half pint of turpentine, one-half pound of beeswax, two ounces of yellow ochre, if you want it light ; if dark, the same quantity of brown Spanish. Melt all together, stir well, apply hot with a woolen cloth. Rub hard and quickly immediately with a dry woolen cloth. Very fine.

By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson.". 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Lime + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,381 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Lime + eggtop 34% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,658 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

Egg and flour share little aroma chemistry, yet 106,462 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, flour):

  1. Raisinbetter flavor fit
  2. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  3. Lemonbetter flavor fit
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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