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Pickles, Vinegar, &C

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Mustard and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,424 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Pickles, Vinegar, &C

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine ingredients and simmer for twenty minutes, then strain.

  2. Once the pickle is cold, add a little bruised cochineal.

  3. Place the beet slices into jars, add the pickle, and pour a small amount of sweet oil on top.

  4. Seal the jars tightly.

  5. To serve, mix sweet oil, mustard, some pickling liquor, and a small amount of sifted sugar.

  6. Arrange the beet slices in a deep plate and pour the mixture over them.

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. Mustard + sugartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,424 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

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