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Tincture Op Rhubarb

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Cardamom and saffron match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 342 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Tincture Op Rhubarb

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine rhubarb powder, cardamom seeds, saffron, and proof spirit of wine in a jar.

  2. Seal the jar and let it digest for 7 to 8 days.

  3. After the digestion period, strain the mixture.

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. Cardamom + saffrontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together342 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Rhubarb + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Rhubarb + saffrontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Spirit + winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together701 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Saffron + winetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together282 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the rhubarb

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cardamom, saffron, spirit, wine):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Clovefits better
  4. Rhubarbthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cardamom, saffron, spirit, wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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