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Stir Fry

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Fry very quickly over high heat

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Boil

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Change from a liquid to vapor

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Caramelise

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Convert to caramel

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Frying

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Cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle

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Bake

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Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven

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Cook

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Transform by heating

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Butter

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A solid yellow food made from cream

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Ghee

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Clarified butter used in Indian cookery

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Tamarind

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Long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp

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Ginger

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Plant with thick aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems

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Garlic

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Bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized

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Honey

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A sweet yellow liquid produced by bees

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Soja

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Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia

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Oil

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A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

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Corn

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Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

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Soup

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Liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

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Dish

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A piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

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Grill

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A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate

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Sweeten

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Make sweeter in taste

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Vinegar

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Sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative

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Cup

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A small open container usually used for drinking

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Tablespoon

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A spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving

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Teaspoon

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A small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee

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Herb

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A plant lacking a permanent woody stem

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Pork

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Meat from a domestic hog or pig

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Noodle

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A ribbonlike strip of pasta

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Rice

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Annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses

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Potato

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An edible tuber native to South America

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Tomato

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Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable

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Pastry

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Any of various baked foods made of dough or batter

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Cake

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Baked good based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat

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Cherry

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Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

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Almond

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Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa

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Cinnamon

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Tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark

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Beef

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Meat from an adult domestic bovine

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Chicken

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A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs

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Turkey

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Large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail

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Fish

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Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates

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Salmon

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Any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters

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Onion

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Bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb

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Pie

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Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top

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Pudding

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Any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed

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Scampi

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Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic

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Nut

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Usually large hard-shelled seed

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Crumble

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Break or fall apart into fragments

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Thyme

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Any of various mints of the genus Thymus

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Lemon

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Yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh

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Lime

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The green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees

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Roast

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Cook with dry heat, usually in an oven

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Gravy

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A sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats

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Bean

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A leguminous plant grown for its edible seeds and pods

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Spice

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Any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food

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Biscuit

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Small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda

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Melt

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Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state

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Caster Sugar

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Very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor

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Condensed Milk

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Sweetened evaporated milk

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Icing Sugar

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Finely powdered sugar used to make icing

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Double Cream

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Fresh soft French cheese containing at least 60% fat

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Ingredient

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A component of a mixture or compound

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Orange Zest

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Tiny bits of orange peel

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Dollop

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A small measure (usually of food)

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Whisk

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a mixer incorporating a coil of wires

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Baking Soda

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A white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid

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Trim

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Cut down on; make a reduction in

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Sunflower

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Any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays

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Bacon

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Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked

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Chop

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Cut with a hacking tool

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Cannelloni

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Tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese

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Haricot

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A French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans

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Carrot

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Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions

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Slice

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A thin flat piece cut off of some object

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Breadcrumb

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Crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening

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Spoonful

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As much as a spoon will hold

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Braising

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Cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture

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Stove

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A kitchen appliance used for cooking food

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Simmer

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Boil slowly at low temperature

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Tender

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Easy to cut or chew

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Moistening

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The act of making something slightly wet

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Baking Tray

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A cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits

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Prawn

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Shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers

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Pasta

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Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg

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Shell

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The material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

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Pea

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A leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds

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Pancake

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A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

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Braise

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Cook in liquid

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Stew

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Cook slowly and for a long time in liquid

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Gnocchi

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Small Italian dumplings made of potato or flour

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Pumpkin

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A coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes

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Mug

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A cup with handle and usually cylindrical

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Pan

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Shallow container made of metal

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Spud

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An edible tuber native to South America

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Artichoke

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A plant cultivated for its large, edible flower head

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Butternut Squash

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Plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind

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Pickle

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Vegetable preserved in brine or vinegar

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Parfait

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Layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream

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Oregano

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Aromatic Eurasian perennial

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Pepper

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Bitter spice that creates flavor

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Salt

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White crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

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Vanilla

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Any of numerous climbing plants having fleshy leaves

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Nutmeg

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East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace

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Penne

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Pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends

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Ziti

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Medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces

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Orzo

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Pasta shaped like pearls of barley

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Zucchini

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Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small

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Pan-fry

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Fry in a pan

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Deep-fry

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Cook by immersing in fat

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Fishcake

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A fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes

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Skipjack Tuna

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Oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in 117. Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito

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Soy Sauce

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Thin sauce made of fermented soy beans

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Noodle

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A ribbonlike strip of pasta

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Sushi

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Cold rice and vinegar topped or rolled with raw fish

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Teriyaki

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Beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled

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Tempura

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Vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried

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Miso

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A thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces

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Pine Nut

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Edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America

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Side Dish

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A dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course

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Soy

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The most highly proteinaceous vegetable known

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Daikon

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Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked

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Sesame Oil

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Oil obtained from sesame seeds

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Tofu

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A soft, white, cheeselike food made from soybeans

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White Rice

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Rice that has the husk or outer brown layers removed

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Jujube

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Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits

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Prawn

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Shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers

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Convenience Store

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A store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers

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Simmer

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Boil slowly at low temperature

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Steamed

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Cooked in steam

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Cutlet

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Thin slice of meat usually fried or broiled

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Topping

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A flavorful addition on top of a dish

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Green Tea

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Tea leaves that have been steamed and dried without fermenting

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Dumpling

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Small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough

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Apricot

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Downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach

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Vinegar

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Sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative

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Artichoke

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A plant cultivated for its large, edible flower head

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Broccoli

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Plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds

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Celery

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Widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked

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Leek

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Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum

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Asparagus

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Plant with long green stems that is eaten as a vegetable

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