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An Excellent Family Syrup

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Molasses and gin work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

An Excellent Family Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil buckthorn berries in water until all strength is extracted.

  2. Strain and press the berries hard.

  3. Add 1 pint of molasses to the same quantity of juice.

  4. Simmer until scum rises, removing it as it appears.

  5. When scum stops rising, stir well and store for use.

  6. If warm weather, add enough gin or brandy to prevent souring.

  7. For adults, a large teaspoonful is a dose; steep carraway seeds if griping occurs.

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. Molasses + gintop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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