Why it works: Mutton and camphor work together. They rank in the top 32% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 37 recipes. Both carry hexanal, which smells grass, green. The science ↓
Camphor Ice
Ingredients
Directions
Melt the mutton tallow, powdered camphor gum, and paraffin together in a double boiler.
Pour the mixture into molds and let it cool.
Use the camphor ice for chapped hands, lips, and chafing.
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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Mutton + camphortop 32% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together37 recipes
Shared aroma: hexanal (grass, green).
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