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Boschee's German Syrup

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From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Why it works: Cherry and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,598 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Boschee's German Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Triturate the carbonate of magnesia with the oil of tar.

  2. Mix the water with the fluid extracts.

  3. Combine the mixture with the triturated magnesia.

  4. Filter the solution and add the sugar by agitation without heat.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cherry + sugartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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