Name: Canned Peaches
Ingredients: three pounds of sugar; one peck of large clingstone peaches; one pint of vinegar

Why it works: Sugar and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,806 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Canned Peaches

Ingredients

three pounds of sugar
one peck of large clingstone peaches
one pint of vinegar

Directions

Prepare

Take one peck of large clingstone peaches and pour boiling water over them to remove the fuzz.

Cook and can

Make a syrup of three pounds of sugar and one pint of vinegar, using a little water if required to cover the peaches.
Cook until pretty soft, and can as usual.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

111Calories

1 gProtein

0 gFat

27 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peach	1 medium (150g)	59
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3

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

By Women of the First Congregational Church (Marysville, Ohio). 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 + vinegartop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,806 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Peach + vinegartop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together348 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Sugar + peachtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,308 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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What each ingredient does

Sugar: Sweetens the fruit and syrup, and helps preserve the peaches.
Vinegar: Adds acidity that sharpens the flavour and helps preserve the peaches.
Clingstone peaches: Provide the fruit that softens during cooking and forms the canned product.