Why it works: Blackberry and milk work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 315 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Blackberry
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the blackberry roots in water for a long time to extract their strength.
After boiling, add a little milk and sweeten to taste.
Let the patient drink freely.
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 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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Blackberry + milktop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together315 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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