Why it works: Flaxseed and lemon work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 151 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the flaxseed in water until it becomes slimy.
Strain the mixture.
Sweeten with the powdered rock candy.
Add the juice of the fresh lemon.
Take ⅓ cup whenever the cough is troublesome.
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.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Flaxseed + lemontop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together151 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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