Why it works: Camphor and almond work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 85 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Melt together the Camphor, White Wax, Spermaceti, and Clarified Suet in a pot.
Pour the mixture into molds, which can be made from glass tubing closed at one end with a cork.
Place the molds in a vessel of iced water until the mixture cools and solidifies.
Remove the roll from the mold and cut it into lengths.
For a perfumed version, add the melted Almond Oil to the mixture before pouring into molds.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Camphor + almondtop 15% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together85 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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