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Tincture Rhubarb and Senna

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and fennel match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 426 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Tincture Rhubarb and Senna

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine all powdered ingredients and raisins in a large jar.

  2. Add diluted alcohol to the mixture.

  3. Seal the jar and let it macerate for 14 days.

  4. After 14 days, express the liquid and filter it through paper.

  5. Store the tincture in a clean bottle.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Coriander + fenneltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together426 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Rhubarb + fenneltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Rhubarb + raisintop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Rhubarb + coriandertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Fennel + raisintop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rhubarb, coriander, fennel):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rhubarb, coriander, fennel. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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