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Mustard Poultices

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Mustard and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,484 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Mustard Poultices

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Moisten mustard powder with water to create a paste.

  2. Spread the paste on a piece of linen.

  3. Cover the mustard with muslin to protect the skin.

  4. For a mixture, combine mustard powder with linseed meal before adding water, or moisten linseed meal and spread it on linen, then sprinkle mustard on top.

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. Mustard + breadtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,484 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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

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