Name: Raspberry Punch
Ingredients: 5 lemons; 2 oranges; 2 bananas diced

Why it works: Lemon and orange 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 ↓

Raspberry Punch

Ingredients

5 lemons
2 oranges
2 bananas diced

Directions

Juice 1 quart of red raspberries, juice of 5 lemons, pulp of 2 oranges, and 2 diced bananas.
To these add enough water to make a good drink; sweeten to taste and serve ice cold.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

179Calories

3 gProtein

1 gFat

46 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Banana	1 medium (118g)	105
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
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 Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog]. 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.

Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,634 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Orange + bananatop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,118 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Lemon + bananatop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,134 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).