Glossary T

The food glossary +++ 'Talbos ng Kamote', 'Tinumok', 'Turo-turo'

Deutsch: Tradition
A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyer wigs or military officer spurs), but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings.

Deutsch: Gustatorische Wahrnehmung
Taste, gustatory perception, or gustation[1] is one of the five traditional senses. Taste is the sensation produced when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with receptors of taste buds. 

Deutsch: Tee
Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour that many people enjoy.

Deutsch: Thai

In the food context, Thai refers to the cuisine and culinary traditions of Thailand. Thai food is known for its bold flavors, fragrant herbs and spices, and colorful presentation.

Toge is a Filipino word for Mung Bean Sprouts. Toge is usually or often used in the Philippines as an ingredient for Lumpia (Fried Spring Rolls). They cane also be sauteed with ground meat or shrimps which is called Ginisang Toge (Sauteed Mung Bean Sprouts) in the Philippines

Other definition:
Toge which also spelled Togue is a Filipino term meaning "mung bean sprouts"

 

Talong is a Filipino word for Eggplant. Talong is one of the kinds/varieties of vegetables (Gulay) in the Philippines. There are several kinds available in the Country which Ive already seen, not only the violet ones, but rarely found in the wet markets, the green and rounded and the long and green.

In an African shop in Germany, I saw a yellow variety, but what is always available, specially in Turkish and Moroccan Food Shops and  in most local groceries/ shops are the big and oval or oblong.  

  1. Thabuot
  2. Tamper
  3. Tortilla
  4. Tarkan

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