Glossary D
Druid Chocolates refer to delicious chocolates from Ireland, particularly made in County Kildare with fresh cream and filled with champagne and strawberries in cream or with hazelnut brandy.
Degraissage is a cooking term - the removal of fat from a broth or a sauce. If the liquid to be cleared of fat is put into the refrigerator and left until the fat sets, it is much easier to remove it by lifting it up with a palette knife. The fat removed from stock , the pot-au-feu, etc is called Degraissis which can be clarified and used for frying.
Degraissage is the French word for "degreasing".
My mother used to "Degraissage" by putting the broth she prepared into the refrigerator and allow it to set, it is much easier for her to do this than to remove the fat little by little while the broth is still cooking. She usually did this procedure when she cook Nilagang Baka (boiled beef).
Dukuna refers to a British Virgin Islands' dish of steamed spiced sweet potato and coconut pudding wrapped in plantain leaf. Dukuna is one of the traditional foods served during Good Fridays in the Islands when only meatless dish is supposed to be eaten.
The British Virgin Islands or BVI which lie 50 miles or 80 kilometers east of Puerto Rico, in the northeastern Caribbean Sea is part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, that also includes the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Croix.
The British Virgin Islands comprised thirty-six (36) islands with a total landmass of 59 square miles (153 square kilometers).