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Cucumber Limeade

By backtoherroots · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Cucumber Limeade

Why it works: Cucumber and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 649 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Cucumber Limeade

(1 pitcher)
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

27Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
7 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Syrupnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By backtoherroots. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Cucumber + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Lime + syruptop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together322 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Cucumber + syruptop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the cucumber

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, syrup):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Arrowrootfits better
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Cucumberthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.