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Mint Fomentation

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Spearmint and spirit work together. They rank in the top 31% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Mint Fomentation

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bruise the fresh spearmint.

  2. Add spirits to the bruised mint.

  3. Simmer the mixture.

  4. Apply the fomentation to the pit of the stomach for relief from irritability and vomiting.

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. Spearmint + spirittop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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