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Caviar d'Aubergine refers to cold eggplant purée; pureed eggplants which is a popular hors-d'oeuvre in the South of France.

Coliban Potato refers to a variety of potato; a floury white fleshed potato that is good for mashing, baking and roasting and is used to make French fries. Coliban Potatoes are widely available and popular in Australia. Coliban Potato is an Australian variety, medium to late maturing, with attractive, white, round to oval tubers and shallow eyes. Good for boiling, baking, mash and chips and also good for microwaving. Coliban Potatoes were developed in the United Kingdom and was released in 1902..

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Cane Vinegar is a type/variety of vinegar that is made from sugarcane and has a rich, slightly sweet flavor. It is an important ingredient for making pickles, mustards and vinaigrettes. It adds flavor and aroma to various sauces, marinades and dressings, in cooking sweet and sour dishes marinating herring and making the German Sauerbraten. Cane Vinegar is the most commonly used vinegar in the Philippines as sugarcane is still planted in the Philippines.

Curacoa refers to an orange-flavored liqueur made from the dried peel of bitter oranges which is grown on the Caribbean island of Curacao.

Chenango Apple refers to one of the most common variety of apples . Chenango Apple is a medium American apple with a pale yellow skin that is striped with red. It has white flesh with pinkish-red marbling and is good for eating or cooking. Chenango Apples are available mid- to late fall.

Chikki refers to one of India's cofectionaries; a hardened balls made of nuts made from a mixture of hand picked groundnuts and jaggery paste called Gur. This is a traditional confectionery item in India, which is called locally with different names and are available in different varieties depending upon the ingredients used. The most common used ingredients are puffed/ roasted Bengal gram, groundnut, sesame, puffed rice, beaten rice, and copra or coconut scrapping. Jaggery or Gur is the usual sweetening agent used to make these candies. sweet snack food from India that is traditionally made using one or several types of nuts such as Chikki nuts. The contents of this snack are held together with the use of a sweetener such as jaggery, sugar, glucose, or honey combined with corn syrup. the mixture is then placed into wooden molds to create a large slab that is then rolled out with wooden rolling pins to achieve the desired thickness of approximately 1/2 inch (6 to 8 mm) thick. After setting up, the Chikki is then ready to cut into small squares or retangular pieces for serving. Other ingredients that may be used for making different types of Chikki include: sesame seeds, almonds, pistachios, combined with puffed rice, beaten rice, coconut, and puffed (roasted) bengal gram. Example of Chikki is Til Chikki, a sesame candy from Rajasthan, India

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