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Dill

Carvone again, but pointed north. Anything cured, soured or swimming in cold water wants it.

on its own
0.0sour
1.0sweet
1.0savoury
1.0bitter
0.0umami
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1 of these 36 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

36 pairings for Dill.

Sour cream

classic

Lactic fat rounds a herb that is otherwise all edges and no body.

Kefir

classic

The fizz lifts the herb volatiles straight off the surface of the glass.

Pickle

classic

The herb is in the jar for a reason — carvone survives long brining.

Potato

common

Waxy starch and butter take dill the way bread takes butter.

Egg

common

Yolk fat carries the phellandrene; whites give it nothing. Use the yolk.

Lemon

common

Acid holds the volatiles up. Dill without acid dies in the pan.

Butter

common

Melted over new potatoes or fish; fat is the only real solvent here.

Green carvone stops the smoke settling into ashtray.

Sea trout

common

The estuary version of the gravlax pairing, minus the cure.

Herring

common

Green carvone is the north’s standing answer to fish oil.

Cold green carvone and cultured fat: northern Europe in one bowl.

Yoghurt

common

Green carvone over lactic body. Anatolia reaches for this by reflex.

Green and cold on lactic and cold, with no fat needed anywhere.

Feta

common

Green carvone against sheep-milk funk. Use more than feels sensible.

Anise-green over flour. Added raw at the end so it stays sharp.

The herb was probably in the crock already. It just makes the link explicit.

Vodka

common

Alcohol pulls the phellandrene and the chlorophyll at once. Green spirit in an hour.

Kohlrabi

uncommon

Green anise over green pepper; the Central European grated salad in one move.

Broad bean

uncommon

Anise-green herb against the mealy texture, Persian style.

Mustard seed

uncommon

Pickle logic: whole seed for texture, dill for the green that heat lacks.

Anise-green over grassy fat; the herb is what makes the seed taste deliberate.

Ukraine dresses with oil and herb and no acid at all. It still works.

Schmaltz

uncommon

Cold green carvone cuts warm poultry fat faster than acid manages to.

Sharp green fruit and sharp green herb; the sourness does the binding.

Oyster

rare

Anise against iodine, no cream in the way. Nordic tasting-menu move.

Gin

rare

Juniper and dill share terpenes; aquavit already proved the point.

Lamb

wild

Persian logic pushed further: phellandrene strips lamb fat like mint but drier.