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Mixed Pickle

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Ginger and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,776 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Mixed Pickle

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a large jar with a tightly-fitting lid, pour in 1 gallon of vinegar, reserving a little to mix with the powders.

  2. In a basin, combine mustard, turmeric, black pepper, and cayenne. Mix with reserved vinegar until smooth.

  3. Add the mixture to the vinegar and stir well.

  4. Keep the jar in a warm place and stir thoroughly every morning for about a month.

  5. On a dry day, gather the vegetables and wipe them with a cloth to remove moisture.

  6. Divide the cauliflowers into small bunches and add all the raw vegetables to the pickle.

  7. At the end of the season, store the mixture in jars and cover with a bladder.

  8. Note that this pickle will not be ready for eating for several months.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Ginger + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Turmeric + cauliflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together514 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Mustard + cauliflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together687 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Mustard + turmerictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,279 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, ginger, mustard, turmeric, pepper, cauliflower, celery):

  1. Broccolifits better
  2. Horseradishfits better
  3. Radishfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vinegar, ginger, mustard, turmeric, pepper, cauliflower, celery. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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