Blanching is a cooking process in which a food, usually a vegetable or fruit, is scalded in boiling water, removed after a brief, timed interval, and finally plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water (known as shocking or refreshing) to halt the cooking process. Blanching foods helps reduce quality loss over time. People often use blanching as a treatment prior to freezing ...

Club-Mate (German pronunciation: [ˈklʊp ˈmaːtə]) is a caffeinated carbonated mate-extract beverage made by the Loscher Brewery (Brauerei Loscher) near Münchsteinach, Germany, which originated in 1924. Club-Mate has 200 mg of caffeine per litre.Club-Mate has a relatively low sugar content of 50 g per litre, and low calories (200 kcal per litre of beverage) compared to …

A winepress is a device used to extract juice from crushed grapes during wine making.There are a number of different styles of presses that are used by wine makers but their overall functionality is the same. Each style of press exerts controlled pressure in order to free the juice from the fruit (most often grapes).

Racking, often referred to as Soutirage or Soutirage traditionnel (meaning racking in French), also filtering or fining, is the process of moving wine or beer from one container to another using gravity rather than a pump, which can be disruptive to the beverage. The process is also known as Abstich in German and travaso in Italian.. Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and …

Infusion is the process of extracting chemical compounds or flavors from plant material in a solvent such as water, oil or alcohol, by allowing the material to remain suspended in the solvent over time (a process often called steeping).An infusion is also the name for the resultant liquid. The process of infusion is distinct from both decoction—a method of extraction involving …

Apéritif. An apéritif is an alcoholic beverage usually served before a meal to stimulate the appetite, and is usually dry rather than sweet.Common choices for an apéritif are vermouth; champagne; pastis; gin; ouzo; fino, amontillado or other styles of dry sherry (but not usually cream or oloroso blended sherry, which is very sweet and rich).. An apéritif may be served with an hors d'oeuvre ...

The cuisine of the Mariana Islands is largely made up of meat dishes including pork, poultry, , and meat from other land mammals.Some popular land animals consumed include Mariana fruit bat. Like in many others archipelagos, the islands' surrounding waters make seafood another popular option. Some seafoods include sea cucumbers, and various fish.It is said that the …

Namibian cuisine is the cuisine of Namibia.It is influenced by two primary cultural strands: Cookery practised by indigenous people of Namibia such as the Himba, Herero and San groups; Settler cookery introduced during the colonial period …

The law in the United Kingdom on food information and labelling is multifaceted and is spread over many reforms and parliamentary acts.UK law is based on the relevant European Union rules, chiefly Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, which is implemented in the UK in the Food Information Regulations 2014, the Food Information (Wales) Regulations 2014, the Food Information …

A non-dairy creamer, commonly also called tea whitener or coffee whitener or else just creamer, is a liquid or granular product intended to substitute for milk or cream as an additive to coffee, tea, hot chocolate or other beverages. They do not contain lactose and therefore are commonly described as being non-dairy products, although many contain casein, a milk-derived protein.