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Dieters Guide To Good Seafood

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KNOW A GOOD FISH - When selecting whole fresh fish, look for bright, clear,
bulging eyes and firm, unfaded flesh. Fresh fillets should have a fresh-cut
appearance.

BUY THE RIGHT AMOUNT - Allow 1/3 Lb. per person when buying steaks or fillets, 1/2
Lb. per person for dressed fish, and 2/3 Lb. per person for whole fish.

DON'T OVERCOOK - Fish are naturally tender since to them swimming is easy work and
doesn't develop tough muscles. Cook them only long enough to soften the small
amount of connective tissue present. Fish are done when they lake easily when
tested with a fork.

DRAWN - whole, eviscerated fish. Usually with the scales removed.

DRESSED - whole eviscerated and scaled fish. Usually the heat, tail, and fins are
removed. Ready to use or "pan-dressed".

STEAKS - cross-section slices from large, dressed fish. Ready to use.

FILLETS - sides of the fish, cut length-wise away from the back-bone. Ready to
use.

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Glossary Of French Foods

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A la boitella Cooked with mushrooms

A la broch Cooked on a skewer
A la mode In the style of
A la vapeur Steamed
A l'etuvee Stewed
Aspic Any jellied dish or a jellied glaze
Au gratin Sprinkled with crumbs and/or cheese and
baked brown
Au jus Served with natural juice or gravy
Au lait With milk

Beurre Butter
Beurre fondu Melted butter
Beurre noir Butter browned until its almost black
Bien cuit Well done
Bouilli Boiled
Braise Braised. Food well browned in a little
hot fat, then simmered in a little liquid covered until tender

Cafe noir Black coffee

Chartreuse Any combination of chopped foods in a
mold
Chaud Hot
Coeur Heart
Cru Uncooked; raw

Diable Deviled
Duchesse Potatoes mixed with egg and forced
through a pastry tube

En brochette Broiled and served on a skewer

En coquille In the shell; in shell-shaped ramekins
En gelee In jelly
En papillotte Baked in an oiled paper bag
Epice Spice
Fines Herbes Mixture of herbs like minced chives,
parsley and tarragon or thyme
Foie Liver
Fondue de fromage A melted cheese dish
Fourre Baked
Frappe Sweetened fruit juices frozen to a mush
Fricassee Braised meats or poultry
Frit Fried
Froid Cold
Fume Smoked

Garni Garnished
Gateau Cake
Glace Ice; ice cream
Glace` Iced
Gras Fat
Grille Grilled or broiled

Hache Finely chopped or sliced

Jardiniere Diced, mixed vegetables
Julienne Match-like strips of meat, vegetables or
cheese

Lyonnaise Cooked with onions

Macedoine Mixture of vegetables or fruits

Mousse Light, airy dish, usually containing
beaten egg whites or whipped cream, for dessert or main
dish; meat, poultry or fish, finely
ground, served in a mold

Oeufs Eggs
Pain Bread
Pane Prepared with bread crumbs
Puree Mashed

Ragout A stew with rice gravy

Roti Roast
Roux A mixture of butter and flour used for
thickening soups or sauces

Saunte Fried lightly in a little fat

Souffle A baked fluffy main dish or dessert made
of milk and egg yolks into which stiffly beaten egg
whites are folded

Vinaigrette A marinade or salad sauce of oil,

vinegar, pepper and herbs

VIANDES MEATS
Boeuf Beef
Jambon Ham
Porc Pork
Veau Veal
Agneau Lamb
Lapin Rabbit

VILAILLE POULTRY
Canard Duck
Coq Rooster
Oie Goose
Poulet Chicken
Poule Hen
Poularde Fat Pullet
Dinde Turkey
Faisan Pheasant

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Glossary of Mexican Food

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BUNUELO - Dessert fritter.

BURRITO - Flour tortilla wrapped around meat, bean or vegetable filling.
CHAYOTE - Pear-shaped light green squash.
CHILIES - Members of the pepper family. Three groups - tabasco, jalapeno and
cayenne - are divided into hundreds of varieties with different shapes and degree
of hotness.
CHILI POWDER - Blend of spices (cumin, oregano, ground chili peppers, red pepper,
garlic) intended to dominate food rather than enhance. The spice flavor of chili
con carne, tamales and enchiladas.
CORIANDER - Dried fruit or seed of plant belonging to parsley family; has a slight
lemon flavor.
CUMIN - Yellowish brown; used in chili or similar dishes to add a hot taste.
CILANTRO - Fresh coriander or Mexican parsley, sold in bunches.
ENCHILADA - Corn tortilla rolled around a filling of meat, poultry, seafood,
cheese or chilies, covered with sauce and baked.

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Guide To Using Herbs

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Which herb goes with what food?

If you grow herbs as houseplants or in the garden, you'll, want to harvest and use
them, so here's a handy list of foods they'll complement.

BEEF:
About 15 herbs go well with beef; recommended are basil, bay, caraway, coriander,
cumin, dill, marigold, marjoram, mint, sage, savories, tarragon and thyme (no
rosemary).

PORK:

Anise, basil, bergamot, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, lemon balm, mint,
marjoram, rosemary, sage, savories, tarragon and thyme.

LAMB:

Other than mint, there's basil, bay, caraway,, coriander, cumin, dills good, lemon
balm, hyssop, marjoram, rosemary, sage, savories or thyme.

POULTRY:

For chicken only: basil or bay is always good; also caraway, coriander, cumin,
dill, lemon balm, marigold, marjoram, mint, rosemary and tarragon; for both sage
and savories; for turkey, thyme.

FISH AND SHELLFISH:

For fish, anise, basil, caraway, chives, coriander, dill, fennel, hyssop, lemon
balm (excellent), marigold, marjoram, mint, parsley, rosemary, sage, savories,
tarragon; shellfish and fish, rosemary and thyme.

BREADS AND CAKES:

Coriander, cumin, caraway, dill, marigold and marjoram. Also anise, fennel,
lovage and rosemary.

GOOSE:

Sage.

DUCK:

Dill is good, so is mint. But you might try hyssop, rosemary, sage, savories,
tarragon.

EGGS:

Scramble them with chives or dill. Or, with any of the following: anise, basil,
chervil, coriander, cumin, lemon balm, lovage, marjoram, mint, parsley, rosemary,
sage, savories, tarragon or thyme.

LIVER:

Coriander, sage or tarragon.

SALADS:

Anise, basil, bergamot, borage, caraway, catmint, chervil, chickweed, chives,

comfrey, coriander, cumin, dandelion, dill, elder, hyssop, lemon balm, marigold,
mint, parsley, salad burnet, roses, sweet cicely, tarragon and thyme.

SOUPS:
Try anise, borage, chickweed, caraway, chives, cumin, dill, fennel, hyssop, lemon
balm, lovage, marigold, marjoram, mint, salad burnet, stinging nettles, savories,
tarragon, thyme.

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Quiche - The All Purpose Pie

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By Julia Child

The quiche- that delicious, cheesy, open-faced custard pie invented by some clever
Alsatian cook - is a wonderfully easy first course or main course that is fast to
prepare and makes great eating.

It's quick to assemble because all you need on hand is the base - eggs and milk -
plus anything else: cheese, bacon, onions, canned pimiento, leftover cooked
vegetables, tomato sauce and so forth.

You can build from the bottom up with your own pie crust dough or a homemade
frozen shell formed earlier. Or use a frozen store-bough shell - and offer no
apologies. Or the other hand, you can bake any of the quiche fillings in a plain
dish and call it a custard. That's what a quiche is, anyway - a custard in a pie
shell.

NOTE:

Pre-Baking Shells.

So often you see people eat all the filling of an apple pie - or quiche - but
leave the bottom crust untouched. They don't even taste it, knowing from sad
experience that it's soggy. The solution: Pre-bake the empty shell- well worth
the time and really the only way to achieve a perfect crust with tender crunch
throughout.

Weight down store-bought shells before pre-baking with buttered foil and dried
beans. This keeps sides and bottom in place by bracing them.

QUICHE FILLINGS:
A quiche filling is a flavoring that is held together with a custard - that is,
eggs and a liquid of some sort. The eggs slowly coagulate in the oven,
maintaining the rest of the ingredients in creamy suspension. You don't want too
much custard - just the right balance between it and the garnish, whatever it may
be. You can't be exact about measures, because shells vary in depth. but you can
calculate by the egg, adding more or using less. FOR EACH "LARGE" EGG. Break the
egg into a cup; add liquid to reach the 1/2 cup level.

QUICHE LORRAINE - This is the original Alsatian model. It's bacon only (no
cheese) plus the custard, which is made of real cream that blends deliciously with
the smoky taste of the bacon. Try it - on one of those days when you're slim as a
scallion

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Rice

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Rice is quick and easy to prepare.. It should not be washed before or after
cooking, since much of its valuable nutrients are lost in washing.

Leftover cooked rice can be stored in the refrigerator up to a week and used to
its best advantage in many side dishes.

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Rice Tips

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Rice is quick and easy to prepare.. It should not be washed before or after
cooking, since much of its valuable nutrients are lost in washing.

Leftover cooked rice can be stored in the refrigerator up to a week and used to
its best advantage in many side dishes.

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Shrimp Talk

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By Julia Child

Shrimp are exceptionally perishable, and because of this, many packers use a
chemical called tripolyphosphate to keep them firm and white. But when they use
too much, the shrimp take on an unpleasant cleaning-fluid odor and taste. Read
the package label!

When buying frozen shrimp, you will have the best luck, I think, if you choose
them raw in the shell.

If your market has thawed the shrimp, give your purchase a serious sniff before
leaving the premises; keep them on ice, and use them at once. Top-quality frozen
shrimp (and we've had some that were excellent) should not only smell sweet and
fresh, they should also be beautifully tender to eat, especially when broiled with
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Sourdough Bread Tips

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Sourdough bread contains slice of history:

If you are a fan of sourdough bread, you can make it yourself.

Sourdough bread dates back to rugged pioneer days in the sparsely settled west,
when neither yeast nor baking powder were available to leaven bread and biscuits.
The fermented "started" or "sponge" mixture of flour, salt and water which was
used as leavening was guarded and prized. Sharing it was a supreme act of
friendship.

Adding yeast along with the sponge gave sourdough flavor, and you are more sure
of getting the same results every time.

Baking sourdough the first time takes preplanning, because you need to allow four
or five days for the starter to ferment. You will end up with more starter than
you need for this sourdough bread, so you don't have to start from scratch each
time, if you want to make the bread on a regular basis.

YOU REPLENISH YOUR supply by adding equal amounts of bread flour and water -
about 1/2 cup of each and a teaspoon of sugar to your leftover starter. Keep this
new batch in a warm spot for about 12 hours, until bubbles. Then it is ready to
use again, or you can store it covered in the refrigerator for at least a week.
You will need to let it warm up again for up to 12 hours to reactivate the
fermentation.

With some yeast in the dough, you will still get good bread, even if your starter
varies from time to time.

If clear liquid forms on the starter, just stir it up. As long as the starter
has a yeasty, slightly sour smell, it is good. If it begins to smell like
vinegar, discard it and start again.
 HIGH PROTEIN bread flour works best because it has strong gluten that gives big
loaves the characteristic "chewy" texture, without being heavy and solid.
Homemade sourdough made with bread flour also stays fresh loner than ordinary
commercial loaves.

This same recipe makes bread sticks and dinner rolls at a saving over buying
these specialty products. They freeze well, so it pays to make up a whole recipe
of 3 dozen rolls occasionally and thaw out what you need.

BREAD BAKING TIPS:

To replenish supply of starter, add 1/2 cup bread flour, 1/2 cup water and 1 Tsp.
sugar to remaining starter; mix well. Cover with plastic wrap and place in warm
spot for about 12 hours or until starter starts to bubble.

May be stored in plastic covered container in refrigerator for at least a week.

Before using again, let stand at room temperature for up to 12 hours to reactivate
fermentation.

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Tips For Success For Cooked Jams And Jellies

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1. Do not reduce sugar or use sugar substitute. The exact amounts of sugar,
fruit and pectin are necessary for a good set.

2. For recipes using less sugar, try SURE JELL Light Fruit Pectin.

3. Buy new flat jar lids for good seal.

4. Do not double recipes. Mixture may not set.

5. Use ripe fruit (not under or overripe) for best flavor.

6. Crush berries 1 cup at a time, using potato masher. With food processor,
pulse to chop fruit; do not puree. Jam has bits of fruit.

7. Add 1/2 teaspoon butter or margarine to prevent foaming during cooking.

8. A full rolling boil is a boil that does not stop when stirred.

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Tips For Success For No-Cook Freezer Jams And Jellies

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1. Do not reduce sugar or use sugar substitute. The exact amounts of sugar,
fruit and pectin are necessary for a good set.

2. For recipes using less sugar, try SURE JELL Light Fruit Pectin.

3. Use fully ripe fruit at room temperature to help sugar dissolve.

4. Crush berries 1 cup at a time, using potato masher. With food processor,
pulse to chop fruit, do not puree. Jams has bits of fruit.

5. Do not double recipes. Mixture may not set.

6. Storage - Freeze until opened. After opening, refrigerate.

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