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From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Tea and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,204 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Make a strong tea of hoarhound.

  2. Strain the tea.

  3. Add ½ pound of loaf sugar to the tea.

  4. Let it simmer until thick.

  5. Bottle the mixture.

  6. Take a little two or three times a day.

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.

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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.

  1. Tea + sugartop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,204 recipes

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

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