Glossary E

Deutsch: Erforschung, Español: Exploración, Português: Exploração, Français: Exploration, Italiano: Esplorazione

Exploration in the food context is not an edible food item but rather refers to the process of seeking, discovering, and experimenting with new ingredients, techniques, cuisines, flavors, or traditions. It represents the driving force behind culinary innovation, cultural exchange, and the diversification of a person's diet or a professional chef's repertoire.

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Exprimir is the Spanish cooking term for "to squeeze" or "press", as in squeezing juice from citrus, like lemon and orange

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Extract refers to flavors drawn from certain food that is used to flavor other food items, an example is vanilla extract, a flavor drawn from vanilla used to flavor many dishes.

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Deutsch: Extraktion / Español: Extracción / Português: Extração / Français: Extraction / Italiano: Estrazione

Extraction is a process used in the food industry to separate desirable components from raw materials. This technique is commonly applied to obtain essential oils, flavours, colours, and nutrients from various food sources, enhancing the taste, aroma, and nutritional value of food products.

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Ezme is a Turkish word that means "Crushed". Ezme is also used to describe any other Turkish food that involves a bit of crushing, smashing up or grinding, as in Antep Ezmesi . Ezme also sometimes refers to tomato salsa.

Ezme Salatasi refers to a Turkish salad made of finely chopped red onion, tomato, red pepper and parsley.

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