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Boat Drink

"I had something similar at a local Mexican restaurant and recreated it to the best of my knowledge at home. I figured if I had to recreate it, I could name it whatever I want, that's how I got the name!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Boat Drink

Why it works: Lime and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 937 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Boat Drink

1 cocktail
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

160Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
41 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Melonnot in our table0
Syrupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Lime + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Melon + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together202 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Orange + cherrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together689 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Lime + cherrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together301 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Melon + cherrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the melon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (syrup, lime, orange, cherry):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Cranberryfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Melonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against syrup, lime, orange, cherry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.