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Camphor Mouth Wash

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Spirit and camphor work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 207 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

  1. Mix the spirits of camphor with the milk-warm water.

  2. Use several times a day and at bedtime.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Spirit + camphortop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together207 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Spirit + milktop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  3. Camphor + milktop 27% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together36 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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