Fountain Drink

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. Ginger + nutmegtop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together3,324 recipes

   Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

2. Ginger + chamomiletop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4 recipes

   Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

3. Sugar + gingertop 17% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together14,054 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

4. Sugar + nutmegtop 20% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together23,364 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

5. Chamomile + nutmegtop 23% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4 recipes

   Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

Sugar and ginger barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 14,054 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, ginger, chamomile):

1. Cinnamonfits better
2. Cardamomfits better
3. Clovefits better
4. Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, ginger, chamomile. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.