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To Can Peaches By the Cold Process

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From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Why it works: Peach and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,308 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

To Can Peaches By the Cold Process

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pare and halve the peaches, then place them in cans.

  2. Prepare a syrup by boiling white sugar and water until well dissolved.

  3. Pour enough syrup over the peaches to cover them.

  4. Allow the syrup to settle, then fill the cans again if needed.

  5. Seal the cans and store them in a dark, dry place to preserve the peaches.

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. Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together2,308 recipes

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

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

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