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Children’s Cough Syrup

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Wine and syrup work together. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 381 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Children’s Cough Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix Ipecacuanha Wine, Syrup of Balsam of Tolu, Syrup of Squill, and Syrup of Violets in a container.

  2. Add distilled water until the total volume reaches 10 ounces.

  3. Stir well to combine.

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. Wine + syruptop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together381 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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