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To Can Peaches Wfth Sugar

Ensure peaches are fresh and free from any decayed spots.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Why it works: Peach and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,308 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

To Can Peaches Wfth Sugar

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place your cans in a kettle of boiling water.

  2. Peel and halve the peaches.

  3. Sweeten the peaches to taste.

  4. Put the peaches in a preserving kettle without any water and heat them through.

  5. Fill the cans with the hot peaches, ensuring every crevice is filled with syrup.

  6. Close the can immediately and fill the grooves with wax.

  7. Place a piece of ice or some cool water on the can and smooth it with a knife.

  8. Seal the cans while boiling hot.

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. Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together2,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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