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Cough Syrup

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Bayberry and honey work together. They rank in the top 69% of all ingredient pairs. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Cough Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil poplar bark and bayberry in 2 gallons of water.

  2. Strain the mixture.

  3. Add ½ teaspoon of lobelia and 1 teaspoon of No. Six.

  4. Start with 1 tablespoon twice a day, increasing to ½ wineglassful.

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. Bayberry + honeytop 69% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together0 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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