Dairy products or milk products are a type of food produced from or containing the milk of mammals, most commonly cattle, water buffaloes, goats, sheep, and camels. Dairy products include food items such as yogurt, cheese and butter. A facility that produces dairy products is known as a dairy, or dairy factory. Dairy products are … Read more
Chowder is a soup or stew of seafood (such as clams or fish) usually made with milk or tomatoes, salt pork, onions, and other vegetables (such as potatoes). In the past considered to be “poor man’s food,” has a history that is centuries old. The word “chowder” is a corruption of the French for pot … Read more
Pickling is the process of preserving or extending the shelf life of food by either anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar. The pickling procedure typically affects the food’s texture and flavor. The resulting food is called a pickle, or, to prevent ambiguity, prefaced with pickled. Foods that are pickled include vegetables, fruits, meats, … Read more
Mead is an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains, or hops. The alcoholic content ranges from about 3.5% percent alcohol to more than 18% percent alcohol. The defining characteristic of mead is that the majority of the beverage’s fermentable sugar is derived from honey. Mead can be … Read more
An alcoholic drink is any fermented liquor such as wine beer or distilled spirits that contains ethyl alcohol or ethanol as an intoxicating agent. Alcoholic drinks are fermented from the sugars in fruits, berries, grains, and such other ingredients as plant saps, tubers, honey, and milk and may be distilled to reduce the original watery … Read more
Bolognese sauce known in Italian as ragù alla bolognese, is a meat-based sauce in Italian cuisine, typical of the city of Bologna. Bolognese sauce is a slowly cooked meat-based sauce, and its preparation involves several techniques, including sweating, sautéing and braising. Ingredients include a characteristic soffritto of onion, celery and carrot, different types of minced … Read more
Earl Grey tea is a tea blend which has been flavoured with oil of bergamot. The rind’s fragrant oil is added to black tea to give Earl Grey its unique taste. Traditionally, Earl Grey was made from black teas such as Chinese keemun, and therefore intended to be drunk without milk. However, tea companies have … Read more
Liquor or spirit is an alcoholic drink produced by distillation of grains, fruits, or vegetables that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation. As liquors contain significantly more alcohol than other alcoholic drinks, they are considered “harder” – in North America, the term hard liquor is sometimes used to distinguish distilled alcoholic drinks from non-distilled ones, … Read more
December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the last of seven months to have a length of 31 days. December got its name from the Latin word decem meaning ten – because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the calendar … Read more