Why it works: Turnip and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,330 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓
Turnip Strup, Fob a Cold Ob Affection of the Lungs
Ingredients
Directions
Roast the turnips in an apple roaster until tender.
Press the juice from the roasted turnips.
Add sugar candy to the juice to taste.
Take 1 teacup full of the mixture at night and in the morning.
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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Turnip + sugartop 29% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,330 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
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