Cooking Terminology

Sometimes the stars are actually large metal plates being used to hold the opposing wall ( also with another star ) together. This is a structural technique used to correct walls that are out of alignment, or buldging under the weight of the roof. They are connected by long lengths of steel rod, and usually have thread ends so large nuts and washers can be tightened down to correct the dimensions of the structure. Charleston South Carolina has many many homes with these structural plates, they called them earthquake plates, I'm not sure that SC suffers from any earthquakes, but the point is still the same.

Bearing means; carrying. The statement means: You should be nice to me because I have brought snacks for us to eat. Bearing snacks means that you coming with food.

It is the Month to celebrate the nutrients in the earth.... :))

TCM may stand for traditional chinese medicine.

payard is a piece of veal /chicken pounded thin like a cutlet and then fried in butter

The term 'Neapolitan' means of, from, or relating to Naples, and can refer to people or cultural characteristics identified with that part of Italy. 'Neopolitan' means, more specifically, a person from Naples.

The term 'crostini' means 'little crusts' in Italian, and refers to toasted bread, especially when served with a savory topping, or to crusty bread or breadsticks.

'Neapolitan crostini' would probably be some kind of savory, an entree or canape. A typical example would be slices of firm, crusty bread, toasted or fried and topped with tomatoes, cheese and olive oil.

Possibly the best known Neapolitan food served worldwide is Neapolitan ice cream: slabs of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla ice cream pressed together, forming a three-color combination. This triple combination of colors is used to make cakes and other foods, frequently also called Neapolitan.

Food termed 'Neapolitan crostini' would not be referring to this color-combination.

Mollusks is a general term for snails, clams, mussels, squid, and octopods.

The term can be used in a number of different ways -

Thin slices would mean cutting slices which are around 2 to 4 mm thick.

Thin sauce would mean that it is very runny in consistency.

It could also mean adding water or similar liquid to a thick sauce to reduce its thickness.

In French it means "Flour of salt". It is a type of sea salt.

Its when you have extra body meat built onto your body.

Slice at a slant rather than a straight slice.

Garlic bread is usually cut on the bias. Chinese vegetables, carrots, green onions are cut on the bias.

To slice meat on the bias, slice at an angel, across the grain, rather than with the grain.

Lumpia is a pastry similar to egg roll, that is popular in the Philippines and Indonesia.

the inability of people to for tell what is ahead of them

To peel a fruits and vegetables, is to remove the outer skin, usually using a paring knife. The peel itself is the outer skin on fruits and vegetables.

A doula is a woman who helps pregnant women prepare for childbirth and motherhood.

Dredging, breading or coating are terms for flouring meats before cooking.

To grind in cooking means to take something hard, for example a seed, bean or nut, and grate or grind them into a course powder to extract the most flavour. We grind coffee beans, nutmeg, spices, pepper, rock salt and more.

To separate food product according to their quality anf appearance

Sinew is the same in cooking as it is in anatomy. Sinew is the connecting tissue that attaches muscles to the bones. In meat when you are preparing it for cooking, it is good to remove what you can since it stays tougher than the rest of the meat and can be stringy and chewy.

Autarky is the art of creating food alternatives.

Crisp sets are the sets that we have used most of our life. In a crisp set, an element is either a member of the set or not. For example, a jelly bean belongs in the class of food known as candy. Mashed potatoes do not.

The German "Rübenkraut" or "Zuckerrübensirup"
- in English perhaps "sugar beet molasses" -
is a dark brown, sweet molasses.

Used as spread on bread, as enhancement for sauces and cakes, for baking bread, etc. It is created by cooking (dehydrating) sugar beets. Some more info (in German):
- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuckerrübensirup
- http://www.grafschafter.de/produkte/index.html
(product "Grafschafter Goldsaft")

Larding is done by inserting bits of fat in plugs, or laying stips of fat or bacon across top of food such as a roast.

The bread plate symbolizes love, and since in the J mans picture the bread aint on the plate, he dont love us.
Prase Jeezuz

To macerate fresh raspberries means to mash and pulverize with a wooden spoon them until they are a soft pulp, usually with the addition of sugar. This is the general meaning of the word "macerate" when used in conjunction with food preparation; it has quite different meanings in other situations. Many recipes would desribe this action as mashing the reaspberries. For frozen raspberries, simply add sugar to them and leave for an hour or two. This not only sweetens them but draws out the liquid.