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| hummus | A Middle Eastern sauce or spread made from mashed cooked chickpeas or garbanzo beans and seasoned with lemon juice, garlic and oil.
It is often served with pita bread for dipping.
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| kale | A member of the cabbage family closely related to collard greens.
Both crinkly and smooth leaved varieties are winter vegetables and a good source of vitamin A.
Kale is best steamed or boiled and served with butter.
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| mache | A salad green native to Europe with narrow dark green leaves and a tangy, nutlike flavor.
It can also be steamed and served as a vegetable.
It is also called field salad, field lettuce, lamb's lettuce, and corn salad (though unrelated to corn).
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| marinara sauce | A highly seasoned Italian sauce generally made with tomatoes, onions, garlic and oregano used on pasta and some meats.
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| mesclun | A mixture of young, small salad greens often including arugula, dandelion, frisee, mizuma, radicchio and sorrel. It is simply a salad mix or gourmet salad mix.
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| Milnot | a brand name of a canned evaporated milk.
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| miso | A fermented soy bean paste used in flavoring many Japanese dishes. Light colored versions are used in flavoring soups and sauces while darker versions are used in flavoring heavier dishes.
It is high in vitamin B and protien and can be found in Japanese markets and health food stores.
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| oleo | An old fashioned or regional term for margarine which is often a non-dairy substitute for butter but also often high in trans fats.
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| orange jello shots | Orange jello made with vodka instead of the cold water addition. Cut into squares and served at parties, it is the adult and teen (sadly) version of jello jigglers.
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| Pipe | To extrude food though a pastry bag to garnish or decorate.
May be used for mashed potatoes or other vegetables, whipped cream, cake frosting, etc.
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| popover | A quick bread that is baked at relatively high tempeture in a muffin type pan. This produces a hollow, very brown bread, extremely tastey when served hot right out of the oven!
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| pumpkin | A member of the squash family best known for being carved into Halloween jack-o-lanterns or turned into pie filling for Thanksgiving dinner. It also may be boiled, sliced, fried or pureed or used in soups. The French make pumpkin jam and the Italians use it as a filling for sweet ravioli. The seeds are rich in fats and protien and may be roasted and salted, as a snack or garnish.
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| ramp | A wild onion that resembles a scallion with a strong garlic-onion flavor. Found in specialty produce markets from March to June.
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| ricotta cheese | An Italian cheese similar to cottage cheese but slightly grainy and sweet.
Used in dishes such as lasagna and manicotti. Low fat recipes often call for cottage cheese or a combination of cottage and ricotta as a substitute.
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| rose hip | The reddish-orange fruit of the rose (after the petals have fallen).
High in vitamin C, they are used to make jellies and jams, syrup, tea and wine.
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| Rotel Tomatoes | A brand of canned tomatoes preseasoned with chopped green chili peppers, salt and spices.
They now come in a number of variations including Mexican and Extra Spicy. Most common recipe is to mix 1 pound of Velveeta cheese and a can of Rotel tomatoes and some chopped fresh cilantro, heated together and served with tortilla chips. These add zest to any number of recipes.
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| shallots | Herb of the lily family whose root forms small clusters of bulbs with a mild garlic flavor.
Used in soups, salads, sauces, etc., the shallot has a brown papery skin as opposed to the whitish skin of the garlic.
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| spiedini | Italian for small pieces of meat and other foods grilled on a skewer (i.e. shish kabob which is Turkish).
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| T. | In a recipe T. is the abreviation for 1 tablespoon as in 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.¨
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| tahini | Sesame seed paste used in Middle Eastern cooking.
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| tamarin | French for the tamarind, a tropical tree and its acid, pod-like fruit.
The leaves and flowers are eaten as a vegetable; the pulp used to make preserves, sauces and chutneys largely in Eastern cooking.
The seeds are ground into a meal and baked as cakes. The fruit has laxative properties.
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| tart | Pastry shell with shallow sides and no top crust that is filled with a savory or sweet filling.
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| tempering | Process of heating and cooling chocolate which improves the malleability and gloss. Typically used for chocolate candy dipping or decorations.
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| tempura | Japenese style of batter dipped and deep fried fish or vegetables.
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| Tex-Mex | Food derived from the combined cultures of Texas and Mexico. Burritos, nachos and tacos are considered Tex-Mex dishes.
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| thyme | Herb of the mint family that is native to southern Europe. It is a basic herb of the French cuisine where its minty, light-lemon aroma enhances vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, soups and cream sauces.
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| timbale | Describes both the drum-shaped, high sided cooking mold and the custard, vegetable and meat casserole that is baked in the mold.
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| tripolini | Small, bow tie shaped pasta.
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| truss | Term used to describe technique of sewing or wrapping a roast or poultry with string to keep it compact and secure for cooking.
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| tulipe | French term for a thin cookie that has ruffled edges. These are typically crispy and used as edible dishes for ice cream or fruit.
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