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Semi-Hard Cheeses refer to the kind/type/variety of cheeses that have been packed into moulds under pressure to reduce their moisture content and to make them more dense. Their characteristic flavors and textures come from the type of milk used, the speed of coagulation, the way the curd is cut and allowed to ripen, and treatment they receive during ripening. They can be softer or firmer according to their age. Examples of Semi-Hard Cheese are Abondance, Appenzell, Asiago, among others.

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English: Vermicelli

Semiya refer to an Indian fine wheat noodles. Semiya are a speciality of India which are prepared with durum wheat flour and water. The Indian Semiya is egg free which make it different from then Western egg-laden Vermicelli. Semiya is available at Indian grocery shops and food stores. It is used to make the more than 500 year-old and traditional Indian dish called Semiya Payasam.

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Semiya Payasam refers to a traditional Kerala dessert. Semiya Payasam which is also called Vermicelli Payasam is a milk-based pudding prepared with fine noodles (Vermicelli) cooked in ghee and milk. It is then flavored with cardamom, pistachio, raisins and cashew nuts and sometimes raisins are added.

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Semmel is a German word for roll

Semmelknödel is a German word which means bread dumpling.

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Semola is the Italian word for bran, partly ground wheat. It also refers to a food prepared from the husks of cereal grains

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Deutsch: Grieß / Indian: Rava,
Semolina is the coarse, purified wheat middlings of durum wheat used in making pasta, breakfast cereals, puddings, and couscous. The term semolina is also used to designate coarse middlings from other varieties of wheat, and from other grains such as rice and maize.

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Sen Lek refers to Thai "medium-size" rice noodle.In Thailand, rice noodles come in three (3) different sizes and Sen Lek is a medium kind. Sen Mee and Sen Yai refer to thin- and wide

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Sen Mee refers to Thai "thin-size" rice noodle.

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English: Wide rice noodles / Deutsch: Breite Reisnudeln / Español: Fideos de arroz anchos / Português: Macarrão de arroz largo / Français: Nouilles de riz larges / Italiano: Tagliatelle di riso larghe /

Sen Yai refers to Thai "wide-size" rice noodle. In Thailand, rice noodles come in three (3) different sizes and Sen Yai is the wide kind. Sen Mee and Sen Lek refer to thin- and medium

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