Why it works: Rhubarb and port wine work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓
A Most Valuable Remedy for Diarrhoea is Burnt Rhubarb
Ingredients
Directions
Burn the rhubarb powder in an iron crucible, stirring until it blackens.
Cover the burnt rhubarb powder tightly in a jar.
Administer 5 to 10 grains in port wine, milk, or water as a dose.
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 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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Rhubarb + port winetop 26% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together10 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
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