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Picklbis, Chutneys, and Seasonings

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,227 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Picklbis, Chutneys, and Seasonings

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the mushrooms in a clean, dry jar.

  2. Cover the mushrooms with water, ensuring it is 1-2 inches above them.

  3. Add salt, butter, and lemon juice to the water.

  4. Cork the jars and set them in a hot water bath.

  5. Gently bring the water to a boil and boil for 15 minutes.

  6. Remove the jars and seal the corks when cool.

  7. Store in a cool, dry place.

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. Butter + lemontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

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