Name: Bay Rum
Ingredients: one ounce of loaf sugar; one pint of alcohol; two quarts of new new england rum; an ounce of oil of bay; 95 per cent; three pints of rectified spirits; 60 per cent

Why it works: Rum and spirit work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 47 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

Bay Rum

Ingredients

Directions

Make the mixture

Combine three-quarters of an ounce of oil of bay, one ounce of loaf sugar, one pint of alcohol (95%), two quarts of new New England rum, and three pints of rectified spirits (60%).
Roll the sugar until fine and beat into the oil of bay.
Add the alcohol, then the New England rum and spirits.

Rest and filter

Let it stand for several days in a demijohn, shaking occasionally.
Filter through blotting paper.
The filters may be purchased at a druggist's.
Care should be taken to buy the oil at a reliable place.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

200Calories

0 gProtein

14 gFat

13 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 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
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Rum	1/2 oz (15ml)	32
Spirit	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 Henrietta Latham Dwight. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg).

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.

Explore the science

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.

Rum + spirittop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together47 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Sugar + rumtop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,908 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Sugar + spirittop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together602 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Oil of bay: Provides the main aroma that gives the bay rum its character.
Alcohol: Dissolves the aromatic oil so it blends evenly into the liquid.
New england rum: Forms the base liquid and adds its own flavor to the blend.
Loaf sugar: Adds sweetness and softens the sharpness of the spirits.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.