Name: A Domestic Remedy
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons common salt; 2 tablespoons strained honey; 3 tablespoons vinegar; ¼ teaspoon camphor

Why it works: Honey and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,583 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons common salt
2 tablespoons strained honey
3 tablespoons vinegar
¼ teaspoon camphor

Directions

Mix all ingredients together.
Gargle the throat a dozen 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Honey + vinegartop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together1,583 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Vinegar + camphortop 16% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together49 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
Honey + camphortop 16% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together39 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).