Why it works: Walnut and rose work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 106 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓
Walnut Hair Dye
Ingredients
Directions
Bruise the walnut shells and alum together in a mortar.
Add the rose water and allow to macerate for four days.
Strain and press the mixture.
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.
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Walnut + rosetop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together106 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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