Name: Rules for Canning Fruits
Ingredients: 6 ounces sugar per pound of sour pies; 8 ounces sugar per pound of small sour pears; 6 ounces sugar per pound of Bartlett pears; 6 ounces sugar per pound of cherries; 4 ounces sugar per pound of raspberries; 6 ounces sugar per pound of plums; 6 ounces sugar per pound of blackberries; 8 ounces sugar per pound of strawberries; 4 ounces sugar per pound of whortleberries; 10 ounces sugar per pound of sliced pie-plant; 4 ounces sugar per pound of whole peaches; 4 ounces sugar per pound of peach halves; 8 ounces sugar per pound of whole crab apples; 8 ounces sugar per pound of ripe currants; 8 ounces sugar per pound of grapes; 6 ounces sugar per pound of sliced pineapples; 4 ounces sugar per pound of gooseberries

Why it works: Pear and plum match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 245 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

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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.

Pear + plumtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together245 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pear + appletop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together649 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Plum + peachtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together163 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pear + peachtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together114 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Plum + appletop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together404 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Sugar: Sweetens the fruit and helps preserve its shape and texture during boiling.

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, pear, bartlett pear, plum, peach, crab, apple):

Apricotfits better
Quincefits better
Vanillafits better
Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, pear, bartlett pear, plum, peach, crab, apple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

Rules for Canning Fruits