 Haddock |
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 Haddock: similar to cod but softer and it does not respond so well to salting.
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Hake: more coarsely grained than cod, but with a slightly stronger flavor.
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Half and half: term to refer a mixture of half cream and half whole milk.
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 Halibut |
Halibut: similar to chicken and consider the best for eating due to its delicate flavor, firmness, and fine texture.
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Haloumi: traditional cheese made from goat's, sheep's and sometimes, cow's milk. It is white, similar to mozzarella, and salty.
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Halwa: or halva, it is sesame paste sweet, sometimes mixed with fruits and nuts.
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 Haloumi |
Ham Hock: likely, a smoked ham made of the extreme shank end of the leg bone associated to the skin, fat, tendons, and muscle.
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Hard-crack stage: It is the highest temperature that a candy recipe can take, with no water left in it.
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Hardy Marjoram: cross of marjoram with oregano, more resistant to cold but less sweet.
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 Halwa |
Harvard beets: sliced beets cooked into a sauce in order to increase its flavor.
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Hazelnuts: very popular ingredient to produce praline and chocolate truffles.
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Head cheese: but not a cheese; in fact, it is similar to a terrine made from a mixture of head, feet and heart meat of a pig.
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 Hickory Nuts |
Head lettuce: the mildest part of the lettuces.
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Heart of palm: or palmito. It is a vegetable extracted from the inner core of a special palm tree.
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Herbaceous: alcoholic drinks, specially wines which have green, grassy, herblike taste and aroma.
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 Hot Cross Buns |
Herbs: In culinary, it is a plant that does not produce a woody stem, easy to die fast.
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Herring: small, oily and white fleshed fish of the genus Clupea.
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Hickory nut: small hard-shelled nuts, high in fat with excellent flavor. The most popular is Pecan.
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 Hyssop |
Hock: British term used to refer German wines produced in the Rhine region.
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Homogenize: term used to describe the process when on fresh and hot milk occurs the subdivision of fat particles into micrometrical sizes.
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Hops: flowers of Humulus lupulus, which are used to increase the flavor and stability in beer production.
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 Herring |
Hot cross buns: type of sweet spiced bun prepared with currants and leavened with yeast.
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Hull: the out-cover of a seed or fruit, and depending, it is also called husk, or shell.
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Hyssop: cultivated plant for the use of its flower-tops as an expectorant.
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