The Glorious Food Glossary
The Glorious Food Glossary tells you everything important about the world of food. The Food Glosssary is all about different kinds of food from all over the world and how they are prepared and what their main ingredients are.
Moreover, the glossary is all about what people all over the world are eating and drinking and their activities, festivities, marriages, etc that involves food.
This Food Glossary is all about food . . . glorious food. We tell you about the food, some stories about them and we try our best to make photos of them as we travel around the world. As of now, we are featuring extensively foods from Germany, the Philippines and the State of Kerala, India, but we will add more pictures for you to enjoy as we discover the food of the world... as we travel around the globe.
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Knäcke (Knaecke)
Knäcke (Knaecke) also called Knäckebrot (Knaeckebrot) refers to crisp or crispy bread. In Germany, they can be bought in plastic packs with at least 6 pieces plain or with assorted nuts, like white and black sesame seeds, poppy seeds, pine nuts or pumpkin nuts or mixed nuts, like the one in the picture below.
Sussex Slipcote
Sussex Slipcote refers to a traditional mild, soft cheese with a light, fresh creamy and very soft fluffy texture, a slightly sharp refreshing flavor and a sweet, refreshing citrus taste or a clean slightly sharp lemony taste. It is made with pasteurised sheep milk. It is a cheese suitable also for vegetarians. The name "Slipcote" is an old English word meaning little (slip) piece of cottage (cote) cheese. It was originally called Slipcote because the cheese curds used to mature too fast and the cheese would slip out of the cloth (or 'coat') it was in. Sussex Slipcote is made near Duddleswell in East Sussex. The cheese is made Plain or with the addition of Peppercorns, Herbs and Garlic, Basil or Mint in 100g buttons attractively packaged in clear containers or as a rolled log weighing about 500g. Sussex Slipcote is a spreadable cheese from England that goes well with crusty bread, biscuits, a jacket potato or stirred into pasta. Sussex Slipcote can also be used as a table cheese and baking and is especially good in tomato dishes such as quiches or salads. Slipcote has garnered many awards, namely: Bronze Medal Winner at the British Cheese Awards 2008 Bronze Medal Winne Sussex Slipcote with Garlic & Herb at the Nantwich Cheese Show 2008 Silver Medal Winne Sussex Slipcote with Garlic & Herb at the Nantwich Cheese Show 2007 Gold Medal Winne Sussex Sipcote with Peppercorn at the British Cheese Awards 2006 It is said that this cheese has a very long history tracing back to the time of William Shakespeare.Lanark blue
Lanark blue refers to Scotland's unpasteurised ewes milk Cheese in the style of Roquefort.
Lanark Blue is described as the first British blue sheep's Cheese for centuries. It cannot
Akotonshi
Akotonshi refers to the traditional Ghanaian stuffed crabsAkotonshi (Ghanaian Stuffed Crabs)
Ingredients
1 tsp salt
3cm fresh ginger
6 cloves
4 tbsp vegetable oil
1 small onion, minced
1 tsp ground ginger
2 tomatoes, finely chopped
1 tbsp tomato puree
2 bell peppers, finely chopped
2 generous pinches of paprika
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tbsp dried shrimp
100g whole-wheat breadcrumbs
1 hard -boiled egg, chopped
1 spring parsley
1kg crab meat
If using fresh crabs clean and dress them then place the crab meat in boiling salted water along with the ginger and cloves.