Why it works: Honey and spirit work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 79 recipes. Both carry ethyl benzoate, which smells sweet. The science ↓
Ointment for Horses
Ingredients
Directions
Melt beeswax, rosin, and lard together.
Bring the mixture slowly to a boil.
Remove from heat and slowly add spirits of turpentine, stirring continuously until cool.
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.
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Honey + spirittop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together79 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (sweet).
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