Why it works: Lemon and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,598 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Boiled Salsify
Ingredients
Directions
Keep salsify submerged in water to prevent it from turning black.
Boil salsify in water like you would carrots, adding lemon juice or vinegar to the water.
Serve with white sauce.
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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Lemon + saucetop 30% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together6,598 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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