article_snippet: Chefs, for instance claim that seemingly incongruous ingredients, such as chocolate and blue cheese, can taste good together because they share similar compounds.
article_snippet: An example is acetal, which can be found in whiskey, apple juice, orange juice and raw beets.
article_snippet: Strawberries, meanwhile, have flavour compounds that match white wine.
article_snippet: This is largely why they're found in dishes from hot countries, where meat needs to be preserved.
article_snippet: Separate studies have found that garlic, cinnamon and cumin can destroy up to 80 per cent of meat-borne bacteria, while ginger can slow bacterial growth by 25 per cent.
highlights_snippet: Scientists found ingredients were teamed together that had no similarity .
  