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Bay Rum

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Rum and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,908 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Bay Rum

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix the alcohol and oil of bay laurel in a container.

  2. Add the rum and stir well.

  3. Add burnt sugar until the desired color is achieved.

  4. Top up with distilled water to reach a total of 16 fl. ounces.

  5. Stir thoroughly before use.

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. Rum + sugartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,908 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Laurel + rumtop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together39 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Laurel + sugartop 36% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,649 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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