Name: Pickled Cucumbers
Ingredients: a gallon of water; a pint of good cider vinegar; quarter ripe cucumbers; two table spoons each broken cinnamon bark

Why it works: Cider and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,431 recipes. Both carry 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol, which smells smoky, clove. The science ↓

Pickled Cucumbers

Ingredients

a gallon of water
a pint of good cider vinegar
quarter ripe cucumbers
two table spoons each broken cinnamon bark

Directions

Mrs. M. L. France.
Pare and quarter ripe cucumbers, take out seeds, clean, lay in strong brine ■ nine days, stirring every day, take out and put in clear water one day, lay in alum water (a lump of alum size of a medium hulled hickory-nut to a gallon of water) over night, make syrup of a pint of good cider vinegar, pound brown sugar, two table spoons each broken cinnamon bark,
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mace and pepper grains'; make syrup enough to cover the slices, lay them in and cook till tender.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

25Calories

1 gProtein

0 gFat

6 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
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Water	not in our table	0
Cider	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 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.

Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,431 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
Cucumber + cinnamontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together874 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Vinegar + cucumbertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,734 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).
Cider + cucumbertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together572 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).
Cider + cinnamontop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,497 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).