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Cough Syrup

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From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Syrup and honey work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 325 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Cough Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients together until well combined.

  2. For adults, take a small teaspoonful as a dose.

  3. Repeat in half an hour if symptoms do not relieve.

  4. Adjust the dose for children accordingly.

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. Syrup + honeytop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together325 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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