Why it works: Olive and camphor work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and 53 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Also mentioned in the method: egg, cream
Directions
Heat the olive oil, white wax, spermaceti, lanoline, and camphor gum until the camphor dissolves.
Remove from heat and beat with an egg beater until the mixture thickens.
Use as you would cold cream or any other ointment.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Olive + camphortop 14% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together53 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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