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Asparagus

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Asparagus and spirit work together. They rank in the top 44% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2 recipes. Both carry geraniol, which smells rose, geranium. The science ↓

Asparagus

Ingredients

Directions

  1. To make tea, steep the roots in hot water (not boiling) for several hours, then strain.

  2. For decoction, use 3 ounces of the plant in 1 pint of water.

  3. To prepare the juice, crush and strain 5 pounds of fresh tops, boil down to 1 pint, and add 1 pint of rectified spirits.

  4. Take ½ to 1 teaspoonful 5 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Asparagus + spirittop 44% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: geraniol (rose, geranium).

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