CUISINE Flashcards
CHUTNEY
A mixture containing fruit, spices, sugar and vinegar, eaten cold with meat or cheese
GORGONZOLA
Veined PDO Italian blue cheese - made from unskimmed cow’s milk
GOURD
Fleshy, large fruit with har skin
LIQUORICCE
A sweet chewy arromatic black substance made by evaporation from the ice of a root and used as a sweet and in med
‘SUC-CO-TASH
Veggie dish that consists of cooked maize kernels and butter beans mixed together
‘VIN-DA-LOO
Indian curry hot
WATER CALTROPS
Buffalo nut, bat nut, devil pod, ling nut, mustache nut, singhara nut or water chestnut
NUTMEG
Fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg is a dark-leaved evergreen tree cultivated for two spices derived from its fruit
1-2mg recommended
Over 5mg -> toxic reactions
HAUTE CUISINE
Cooking of a high standard, typically French cooking
MSG
Monosodium Glutamate
A scientist felt sick after having a dinner at a Chinese restaurant, after that he drafted a medical journal about all of his symptoms after the meal, based on his hunch over MSG. This causes international panic.
Sodium + Glutamate (amino acid found in organic proteins)
The well-known akin version of MSG - Umami was also in doubt
Was named as Chinese Restaurant Syndrome
Due to scientific research during 1960s, in which MSG was injected in mice and found to cause retina and brain damage, alongside with some studies explored that excessive amount of glutamate can lead to Alzheimer’s (but later found that it’s bc of internal glutamate imbalances and not related to MSG) -> news outbreaks
-> Glutamate actually supports metabolism and some even consider healthy
RICER
Utensil - soft boild foods and strain it through the underlay strainer
GHEE
Clarified butter used in south asian cooking (butter with milk and water removed by heating)
DIETITICS
The scientific study of food that people eat and its effects on health
