Why it works: Syrup and sugar match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Canning Fruit
Ingredients
Directions
Sterilize jars, covers, and rubbers by placing them in a pot of cold water and boiling for at least an hour.
Prepare syrup by cooking sugar and water together.
Ten minutes before filling jars, boil the covers in hot water.
Remove jars from boiling water using a long-handled knife or clean stick.
Place a clean cloth in a deep pan and set the hot jar on it.
Use a funnel to pour syrup or fruit and syrup into the jar.
Press fruit away from the sides of the jar with a long knife to release air bubbles.
Wipe the rim of the jar clean, place the rubber on top, and screw on the sterilized cover quickly.
Set jars in a draft-free area to cool.
Once cool, tighten the covers and turn jars upside down.
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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Syrup + sugartop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together5,842 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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