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Cough Syrup

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Honey and wine work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 606 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutanoic acid ethyl ester, which smells sweet, green. The science ↓

Cough Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix Wahoo bark, Elecampane root, Spikenard root, Tamarack bark, Mandrake root, and Blood-root in a container.

  2. Add alcohol and enough water to cover the mixture. Let it stand for 2 to 3 days.

  3. Pour off 1 quart of the liquid, then add more water and boil twice.

  4. Strain the two liquids and boil down to 3 pints.

  5. Once cool, add honey and the tincture of wine of ipecac. If cough is severe, double the ipecac dosage.

  6. Take 1 tablespoon 3 to 5 times daily.

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. Honey + winetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together606 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutanoic acid ethyl ester (sweet, green).

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