Why it works: Lime and milk work together. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 700 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Lime Water
Ingredients
Directions
Combine 2 ounces of unslacked lime with 1 quart of boiling water.
Let the mixture stand overnight.
Remove the scum that forms on top.
Decant the clear water for use.
Take 1 tablespoon of lime water mixed with ½ teacup of milk each morning.
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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Lime + milktop 27% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together700 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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