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ONION SALT [4 records]

Record 1 2018-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Recipes
DEF

A fillet of freshened salt herring rolled up with pickle or onion and skewered and then pickled in a marinade of vinegar, sliced onion, peppercorn, celery seed, bay leaves, or other spices.

OBS

According to Webster’s, the plural form is "rollmops".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Recettes de cuisine
DEF

Filet de hareng mariné au vin blanc, enroulé autour d'un cornichon.

CONT

Salade de pommes de terre garnie de rollmops et d'œufs durs.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Food Additives
  • Mineralogy
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
Universal entry(ies)
SiO2
formula, see observation
DEF

Compound of the two most abundant elements in the Earth’s crust, silicon and oxygen.

OBS

[Silica] has three main crystalline varieties: quartz (by far the most abundant), tridymite, and cristobalite. Other varieties include coesite, keatite, and lechatelierite.

OBS

Silicon dioxide... [is used as :] Anti-caking agent for garlic salt, onion salt... Icing Sugar... Unstandardized dry mixes... ;celery salt and celery pepper... Cayenne pepper...

OBS

Chemical formula: SiO2.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Minéralogie
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
SiO2
formula, see observation
DEF

Composé de silicium le mieux connu [qui] existe à l'état naturel dans diverses roches (silex, quartz, calcédoine, améthyste) et dans les sables.

OBS

Il a de nombreuses applications industrielles (fabrication du verre, des céramiques, des abrasifs, etc.)

OBS

Formule chimique : SiO2

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Aditivos alimentarios
  • Mineralogía
  • Fotoelectricidad y óptica electrónica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
SiO2
formula, see observation
DEF

Compuesto de oxígeno y silicio [...]

CONT

En la naturaleza se encuentra en distintas especies mineralógicas cristalizadas (cuarzo, tridimita y cristobalita) o pseudocristalinas (sílex, ópalo, ágata, etc.).

OBS

Fórmula química: SiO2.

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Record 3 2007-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
CONT

Filets of hake or cod : they can be cooked in a "court-bouillon"(this complicated term simply means aromatizing the cooking water with herbs, celery, onion, carrot, whole cloves or peppercorns, with the addition of two tablespoons of vinegar and a pinch of salt).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
DEF

Mode de préparation culinaire de certains crustacés (langouste, homard, écrevisses,...) que l'on cuit dans un court-bouillon aromatisé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas culinarias
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 4 2006-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
OBS

Boneless rump roast with chopped onion seasoned with garlic powder, salt, cayenne, oregano, rosemary, slowly cooked in beef broth or onion soup until thickened, then sliced thin and served on French bread or French rolls. [Taken from a recipe found in the Website www. culinarycafe. com]

OBS

Philippe, The Original, is one of the oldest and best known restaurants in Southern California. Philippe’s was established in 1908 by Philippe Mathieu, who claimed the distinction of having created the "French Dipped Sandwich." One day in 1918, while making a sandwich, Mathieu inadvertently dropped the sliced French roll into the roasting pan filled with juice still hot from the oven. The patron [took] the sandwich anyway and ... so was born "The French dipped Sandwich." So called either because of Mathieu’s French heritage, the French roll the sandwich is made on or because the officer’s name was French.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés
OBS

Pluriel : des sandwichs; des sandwiches.

OBS

sandwichs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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