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Parsley, Chervil, Thyme, Celery, Sage, Etc.,—for Winter Use

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Thyme and sage match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,485 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Parsley, Chervil, Thyme, Celery, Sage, Etc.,—for Winter Use

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Hang small bunches of parsley, chervil, celery, thyme, and sage in a clean, dry place, roots upward.

  2. Leave them to dry completely until they are crisp.

  3. Store the dried herbs in your spice box for winter use.

  4. Harvest the herbs in fine, dry weather at the end of October or beginning of November.

  5. Soak the herbs in cold water for half an hour before using.

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. Thyme + sagetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,485 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Parsley + cherviltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together774 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Parsley + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Parsley + sagetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,445 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the chervil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (parsley, celery, thyme, sage):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Winter savoryfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Chervilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against parsley, celery, thyme, sage. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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