Name: Claret Cup No. 1
Ingredients: 1 pint of claret; 1 pint of soda; 1 slice of cucumber rind; 1 lemon; 1 sherry-glassful of liqueur; 1 orange

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 ↓

Claret Cup No. 1

Ingredients

Directions

1 pint of claret. 1 pint of soda. Juice of 1 lemon. 1 sherry-glassful of liqueur. 1 slice of cucumber rind. 1 orange. Grapes. Bunch of mint. Large piece of ice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

139Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

35 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
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 Mary Ronald. 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.

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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).
Cucumber + lemontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,067 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Sherry + orangetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together823 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Cucumber + orangetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together325 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Cucumber + sherrytop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together143 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).