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Ameijoas na Cataplana refers to a Portuguese stew with spicy sausage, tomatoes, cockles and peppers. Ameijoas na Cataplana is one of Algarve’s signature dishes which is prepared in a Cataplana, using clams, cockles or other shellfish, cured ham, tomatoes, lemon, garlic and Chouriço (spicy sausage). It is usually prepared for 2 people. Cataplana: This is how Portuguese call the cooking utensil that has two pan-shaped halves hinged together and closed with a clasp. Here all the ingredients are mixed, giving place to a festive and colourful dish. Prawns, shrimps, crabs, clams, chicken, lean bacon, parsley, coriander, onions, tomatoes and green pepper are usually cooked for a minimum of two persons.

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American Breakfast refers to the traditional meal of the Americans in the morning which consist of bacon,ham or other kinds of meat), eggs, toast or toasted bread or other breads, cereals, coffee and juice.

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Amerikaner literally translated to English as "Americans", refer to one of Germany's traditional baked goods, cake or cookies. There are 2 kinds/varieties of Amerikaner sold/available in almost all bakeshops/bakeries in Germany: (1) with plain vanilla Fondant frosting/icing on top of the round, conical shaped cookie; and (2) with vanilla Fondant frosting on one half of the cookie and a chocolate Fondant frosting on the other half. It is a typical German variety of the black and white cookie. However, many people do not know that the “Amerikaner“ neither comes from America nor is named after America. It was said that originally, Amerikaner derives its name from its chemical components - the leavening agent used for this special sort of cake is Ammonium Carbonate, a mixture of Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate and Ammonium Carbamate. Since both terms start with “Ammonium“, the resulting product was called “Ammonikaner“. Maybe this origin of the naming was forgotten afterwards or a less promotional association with the unpleasantly smelling ammonia was created. Anyway, in the course of time, the “Ammonikaner“ has become an “Amerikaner”, and this is how this baked product is still called today in Germany.

Nowadays, Amerikaner is one of the well-known and traditional baked goods which is found in almost all bakeries in Germany. No bakery is without Amerikaner on their display racks.

My husband likes Amerikaner so much that we enerv fail to buy some when we visit a bakeshop. However, he prefers more the Amerikaner with just plain vanilla Fondant frosting/icing and we have a favorite bakeshop which sells what is for us "the best Amerikaner" in our city . The Back-Factory and Tenter's Backhaus. The dough is a bit fudgy, the frosting is thicker, and there is a lemony taste which makes their Amerikaner different from the rest.

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Amfissa refer to black and round with a nutty-sweet taste Greek olives from the central mainland of Greece.

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Ami du Chambertin literally means ""friend of Chambertin wine" refers to a moist and buttery short cylinder of cow's milk Cheese with a Rust-colored rind. It is similar to Epoisses cheese.

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Amla is a Hindi term for Indian gooseberry

Ammi kallu --->Ammikallu

Deutsch: Ammikallu / Español: Ammikallu / Português: Ammikallu / Français: Ammikallu / Italiano: Ammikallu

Ammikallu (Ammi Kallu) is a Malayalam term that refers to traditional kitchen tool used in India to ground spices. It is a stone grinder used in Kerala, India to grind spices extensively used for cooking foods. It is a flat, rectangular-shaped stone with cylindrical stone pestle.

It is not like an ordinary mortar and pestle where foods (spices/foods) are pounded. In Ammikallu , the spices and foods are put on top or the surface of the flat stone then grounded using the pestle until they turned into a thick paste.

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Ammonia Coke refers to a drink from the south of the United States which is made from Coca -cola with a little ammonia. Ammonia Coke was popular in West Virginia to cure various ailments and until now it can still be found in older pharmacies with soda fountains.

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Amok Trey is a Cambodian dish made of fish in a thick coconut curry sauce, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed

It is also called Amok and is described as a mild Cambodian-style fish curry - the fish is mixed with coconut milk and seasonings and baked wrapped in banana leaves.

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