Why it works: Hops and potato work together. They rank in the top 39% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3 recipes. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. The science ↓
Hop and Potato Yeast
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the potatoes carefully before boiling and peel them before mashing.
Make yeast according to Reference No. 17, p. 83.
Once the yeast is made, place it in a glass preserving jar.
Keep the jar in a cool place.
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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Hops + potatotop 39% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
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