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Lavender Water or Cologne

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Cassia and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 194 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Lavender Water or Cologne

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix the essences with the cologne spirits.

  2. Gradually add the water.

  3. Add more cologne spirits if the mixture appears milky to clear it.

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. Cassia + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Lemon + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Lavender + spirittop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Lemon + cassiatop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Clove + spirittop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together152 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lavender, cassia, clove, spirit):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Orangefits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lavender, cassia, clove, spirit. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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