n.
- Something, such as a spice or herb, used to flavor food. Also called seasoner.
- The act or process by which something is seasoned.
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seasoning
American Heritage Dictionary:
sea·son·ing |
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Barron's Banking Dictionary:
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Aging of a mortgage, loan, or securities expressed as elapsed time since origination. Mortgage loans that have a satisfactory payment record of at least one year, known as Seasoned Loans are more easily sold in the Secondary Market to investors than loans with payment characteristics that have not been established.
Oxford Food & Nutrition Dictionary:
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Normally used to mean salt and pepper, but may include any herbs, spices, and condiments added to a savoury dish.
Barron's Food Lover's Companion:
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Ingredients added to food to intensify or improve its flavor. Some of the most commonly used seasonings include herbs (such as oregano, rosemary and basil), spices (like cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice), condiments (such as Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and mustard), a variety of vinegars and-the most common of all-salt and pepper.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction:
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1. The drying of wood, either in air or in a kiln.
2. The curing or hardening of concrete.
Word Tutor:
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IN BRIEF: An herb or other accompaniment to food that brings out flavor.
It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.
— Jean Baptiste Moliere (1622-1673), French playwright, from Le Misanthrope.
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Wiley Dictionary of Flavors:
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Usually represented by a mixture of spices, herbs, taste components, and colors for use in augmenting the flavor impression of a food. Example: A typical barbecue seasoning is a mixture of salt, sugar, and acid, colored reddish brown, with an appropriate amount of dry carrier, and anticaking agent. The flavor portion is usually based on a savory spice like onion, garlic, with pepper, smoke, and other herbs and spices. See Flavor.
Random House Word Menu:
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- Cuts, Sizes, Treatments, and Forms of Wood - seasoning: aging and drying process that matures lumber to improve its workability
- Types of Food - seasoning: herb or spice, used to enhance flavor of food
- Tastes - seasoning: salt, herbs, or spices that enhance flavor of food
Rhymes:
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Wikipedia on Answers.com:
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For other uses, see Seasoning (disambiguation).
Seasoning is the process of imparting flavor to, or improving the flavor of, food.[1]
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General meaning
Seasonings include herbs and spices, which are themselves frequently referred to as "seasonings". However, Larousse Gastronomique states that "to season and to flavour are not the same thing", insisting that seasoning includes a large or small amount of salt being added to a preparation.[2] Salt may be used to draw out water, or to magnify a natural flavor of a food making it richer or more delicate, depending on the dish. This type of procedure is akin to curing. For instance, kosher salt (a coarser-grained salt) is rubbed into chicken, lamb, and beef to tenderize the meat and improve flavor. Other seasonings like black pepper and basil transfer some of their flavor to the food. A well designed dish may combine seasonings that complement each other.
In addition to the choice of herbs and seasoning, the timing of when flavors are added will affect the food that is being cooked.
In some cultures, meat may be seasoned by pouring sauce over the dish at the table. A variety of seasoning techniques exist in various cultures.
Oil infusion
Infused oils are also used for seasoning. There are two methods for doing an infusion — hot and cold. Olive oil makes a good infusion base for some herbs, but tends to go rancid more quickly than other oils. Infused oils should be kept refrigerated.
Escoffier
In Le Guide culinaire,[3] Auguste Escoffier divides seasoning and condiments into the following groups:
Seasonings
- Saline seasonings—Salt, spiced salt, saltpeter.
- Acid seasonings—Plain vinegar (sodium acetate), or same aromatized with tarragon; verjuice, lemon and orange juices.
- Hot seasonings—Peppercorns, ground or coarsely chopped pepper, or mignonette pepper; paprika, curry, cayenne, and mixed pepper spices.
- Saccharine seasonings—Sugar, honey.
Condiments
- The pungents—onions, shallots, garlic, chives, and horseradish.
- Hot condiments—Mustard, gherkins, capers, English sauces, such as Worcestershire, Baron Green Seasoning, Harvey, ketchup, etc. and American sauces such as chili, Tabasco, A-1 Steak Sauce, etc.; the wines used in reductions and braisings; the finishing elements of sauces and soups.
- Fatty substances—Most animal fats, butter, vegetable greases (edible oils and margarine).
See also
References
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1989)
- ^ Larousse Gastronomique (1961), Crown Publishers
(Translated from the French, Librairie Larousse, Paris (1938)) - ^ Auguste Escoffier (1903), Le Guide culinaire, Editions Flammarion
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Translations:
Seasoning |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - krydderi, smagstilsætning
Français (French)
n. - (Culin) assaisonnement, séchage, avinage, vieillissement en fût
Deutsch (German)
n. - Gewürz, Würze
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καρυκεύματα
Português (Portuguese)
n. - tempero (m), treino (m), aclimatação (f)
Русский (Russian)
естественная сушка, кондиционирование (продуктов), приправа, специи, пикантность
Español (Spanish)
n. - especia, condimento, aderezo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - krydda, kryddsättning, smaktillsats, smaksätting, lagring, torkning
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
调味品, 调料
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 調味品, 調料
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 조미료, 재미를 돋우는 것, 단련
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 調味料, 趣を添えるもの, 乾燥
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ألتابل ( كالفلفل)
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תבלין, תיבול
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