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Radis is the French for "small red radish" which is often used as a salad ingredient.
Radis Noir is the French for large black radish, often served with cream, as a salad.
Revuelto de Zizak refers to Spanish dish of scrambled eggs with St. George's Mushrooms. Revuelto de Zizak is made with scrambled eggs with Zizak (wild tricholoma mushroom), salt and cooked in olive oil. Garlic is sometimes added to enhance the flavor of Zizak. Zizaks or Perretxikos are highly prized and expensive wild tricholoma mushrooms that appear in the spring. They are especially popular in the Province of Alava. Zizak is known in various names: Vulgar Sta Fina, Seta de San Jorge, Muchardón Fina, Seta San Jorge, Muchardón. In Catalán, it is known as Moixeró, Moxernó and in Basque, Zizak, Urrabarri, Perretxico.
Refresh is a culinary term which means "to plunge food into cold water to prevent further cooking", done with tomatoes, beans, asparagus, etc.
Rohkost is the German term for "raw vegetables ", "uncooked vegetarian food" or "Crudités" (carrots, cucumber, celery, turnips, etc)
Red Palm Oil refers to the red oil and pulp from the fruit of the African oil palm (Elaesis guineensis) which grows throughout tropical Africa. Red Palm Oil is used in many African dishes. It is a staple and necessity for real West African food. It is pressed from the fibrous flesh around the nut of the fruit of the oil palm. Palm oil, also known as Manja or Zomi, is used liberally in soups and sauces, yet because of the unique flavor and aroma the dishes are delicious rather than greasy and oily. Although it gets a bad reputation for being highly saturated, Red Palm Oil is actually healthier than white palm oil. Red palm oil is about 50% saturated. The Red Palm Oil, which is easily extracted from the pulp of the fruit of the African oil palm, should not be confused with the oil which can be obtained by crushing the hard inner kernel.