Why it works: Cream and turmeric work together. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 956 recipes. Both carry 2-heptanol, which smells bitter, floral. The science ↓
Fever Drink
Ingredients
Directions
Mix cream of tartar, turmeric, and Diapente powder in a bowl.
Add the mixture to 1 pint of warm gruel.
Serve this drink once or twice a day, or more often if necessary.
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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Cream + turmerictop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together956 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
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