Glossary F
Fesenjun or Fesenjan refers to Iran's spicy walnut, pomegranate, eggplant sauce ; a sauce of grated pomegranate, walnuts, eggplant and cardamom served over roast chicken and rice.
Moreover, In Iran, Fesenjun is one of a renowned Khoresht or stews which consist of lamb, chicken, duck, or pheasant cooked in a sauce of onions, ground walnuts, pomegranate and molasses.
- Food Trivia: Seafood : Seafood is high in vitamins and minerals and it is low in saturated fat and calories. Eating at least two (2) seafood meals a week has been shown to lower cholesterol levels. Fish is the also a healthy fast food.
- Food Trivia: World' Largest Cupcake : Pastry chef JodiLee Knops is celebrati setting the Guinness record for the world's largest cupcake at Mall of America in Minneapolis on Saturday July 18, 2009. It weighed in at nearly 151 pounds, including 15 pounds of fudge filling and 60 pounds of yellow icing. It was one foot tall and two feet wide
- Food Festival: La Tomatina : La Tomatina is a famous festive event that takes place every summer in the Valencian town of Buñol. Lorries dump 4000 tonnes of overripe pulpy semi-rotten tomatoes in the town hall plaza, already packed with eager participants, divided into two (2) teams. These proceed to hurl the tomatoes at each other in a scarlet orgy of destruction, and great fun is achieved by all.
- Food Trivia: Beijing Snacks : With a profound history, Beijing snacks can be divided into three (3) sorts: Han, Hui and imperial snacks, which are generally prepared by steaming, deep frying, frying in shallow oil, and instant boiling.
- Food Trivia: Bahama Islands : In Bahama Islands (Bahamas), the national dishes are conch, a type of sea snail, rice, and peas. Poor people eat these foods because they are inexpensive and readily available, while the more affluent residents enjoy them as "heritage foods."
Likewise, holiday meals tend to center on local fish or conch, rice and peas, baked goods, and fresh fruit. The drinks regularly consumed in the Islands are Bahamian rum, local and imported beer, soft drinks, tea, and coffee.
Bahama Islands or Bahamas lie in the Atlantic off the eastern coast of Florida and extend for over seven-hundred miles, roughly parallel to Cuba.