Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 14,036 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: milk, wheat, fish, shellfish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Set a large punch bowl filled with claret punch and ice at the center of the table.
Place the cold roast turkey with a string of sausage around its neck at the top of the table.
Position the boiled turkey stuffed with oysters at the bottom.
On one side, add a large chicken pie decorated with pastry.
On the other side, place two roast ducks, one stuffed with onions and the other with prunes.
At opposite ends, serve pickled oysters, a cold boiled ham, and cold tongue garnished with lemon slices and parsley.
Include French bread, pickles, pineapple, cheese, sardines, and champagne jelly wherever possible.
Add oval dishes of lobster salad, potted meat sandwiches, and pickled salmon.
Finish with celery, gravy, apples, oranges, ice cream, and cream cakes.
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.
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Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together14,036 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Ham + breadtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,536 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
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Turkey + chickentop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together690 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
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Chicken + oniontop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together17,808 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
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Turkey + breadtop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together822 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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