I Shall Eat and Cook

Food strengthens and energizes body and spirit. It is a need not just for the moment, but even the memories of food eaten with kindred spirits of the past, keep our hearts attuned with the world. Food nourishes and helps everyone see a brighter place.

Check out these words:

1. Marinades - Consists of liquid ingredients in a solution with seasoning and herbs. The ingredients is allowed to soak. Spices and seasoning are used to pickle meat or fish; uses salt, water, and other liquid

2. Barbeque - Here is a grilling station or an outdoor meal. Barbecue is anything cooked over an open fire; a barbeque party

3. Rub - Herbs and spices flavored powder/salt blend are in a mix and stuffed in a surface of meat.

4. Stew - Stew is food cooked in slow boiling.

5. Casserole - A casserole is a saucepan. It is also a recipe filled with meat, cheese, or vegetable.

6. Tabbouleh - In this recipe, parsley is the essential ingredient. Tabbouleh is a toss of crushed wheat, tomatoes, lemon juice, olive oil, mint and parsley.

Recipe sample from Cook Magazine 2002

1. Cook the bulghur wheat or couscous by adding 1 cup boiling water. Set aside.
2. Mince the parsley, mint leaves and lemon peel.
3. Dice the tomatoes. Scoop out the seeds first.
4. Toss in the minced leaves, tomatoes and couscous.
5. Make the dressing by shaking the lemon juice, salt, olive oil, and pepper together in a glass jar. Toss the dressing in with the salad. Chill well before serving.

7. Dressing - Salad dressing: French, Thousand Island, Blue Cheese, Ceasar Salad; seasoning or sauce

8. SPAM - A slice/shoulder of pork and ham meat

Sample recipe (my own invented recipe)

Fry sliced ham. Set aside.
Mix in pan 1 cup water and 1/2 cup brown sugar.
Boil sauce for a few minutes. Add bits of pineapple or apple.
Lay on Pyrex dish the cooked spam, then add sauce. Serve.

9. Chocolate - The Story of Chocolate - The Daily Tribune article

The story of chocolate began in 600 AD in the jungles of the Yucatan, where the Mayans established the earliest the earliest known plantation for growing cocoa trees which produce cocoa leaves. The cocoa tree's botanical name "theorama cacoa" was translated from the Greek "theorama," meaning food of the gods. The cocoa is the seed for which chocolates are made. Candy made of chocolate. Rfm.

10. Souffle - A frothy baked dish made by folding in beaten white egg and other ingredients. Poof! A chocolate souffle!

Happy eating!

Rose Flores Martinez
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