paunch
paunch verb to remove the internal organs from a rabbit or hare before cooking pavlova noun a large circle of meringue filled with fruit and whipped cream PCB abbreviation polychlorinated biphenyl pea noun a climbing plant with round green seeds that are eaten as vegetables peach noun a juicy fruit with a soft hairy yellow or red-and-yellow skin and sweet yellow flesh peak bone mass noun the amount of bone tissue present in the body at full maturation of the skeleton. Abbreviation PBM peanut...
freeze concentration
formic acid noun a colourless corrosive liquid with an unpleasant smell that is naturally present in ants and in some plants. Also called methanoic acid note It is used in tanning, electroplating, paper, textiles, insecticides and refrigerants. forming machine noun a piece of food processing equipment that forms soft foods into shapes such as nuggets formula noun 1. a way of indicating the composition of a chemical compound using letters and numbers, e.g. H2SO4 note The plural is formulas or...
pizza oven
pilot production noun a stage of product development that is a test run for mass production, carried out in order to find any flaws with the process pimento noun a large heart-shaped variety of chilli pinch noun an amount of powder held between the thumb and forefinger, roughly equal to one quarter of a gram pineapple noun a tropical fruit with a tough knobbly skin, pale yellow flesh and leaves sprouting from the top pine nut noun a small sweet seed of some pine trees, especially the pinon...
verotoxic E coli noun same as enterohaemorrhagic E coli
verotoxins plural noun toxins produced by enterohaemorrhagic E coli bacteria verylow density lipoprotein noun a form of lipoprotein produced by the liver which transports lipids around the bloodstream. Abbreviation VDLD veterinary drug residues plural noun traces of medicines used for treating livestock that are still present when the animal is slaughtered for food Vibrio parahaemolyticus noun an infective food poisoning bacterium found in shellfish and other seafood, producing symptoms of...
Trolox
transverse colon noun the second section of the colon, which crosses the body below the stomach traveller's diarrhoea noun diarrhoea caused by exposure to unfamiliar bacteria or unsanitary conditions while travelling. Abbreviation TD tray service noun a way of serving food in which the complete meal is assembled on a tray and taken or given to the consumer, as in hospitals or prisons treacle noun a thick dark-brown syrup produced when sugar is refined, used for making treacle toffee tree nut...
bradypepsia
bradypepsia noun the fact of having a slow-working digestive system bradyphagy noun extreme slowness when eating bradyuria noun slowness while urinating brain noun the part of the central nervous system situated inside the skull braise verb to cook meat or vegetables in a covered pot with very little liquid braising steak noun good-quality beef suitable for braising bramble noun a wild blackberry bran noun the outside covering of the wheat seed, removed when making white flour, but an important...
tetrasodium diphosphate noun Eiii tetrodotoxin noun the toxic substance found
TexMex adjective used for describing the Texan and Mexican style of American cooking, based on steaks, barbecued meat and Mexican dishes such as chilli and tortillas texture noun the quality in the structure of a food that makes it firm or soft or rough or smooth textured vegetable protein noun a substance made from processed soya beans or other vegetables, used as a substitute for meat. Abbreviation TVP texture profile noun a sensory description of the texture of a foodstuff texture profile...
meat glaze
meat glaze noun white or brown beef stock, reduced by boiling until sticky, used as a base for sauces or to improve their flavour meat hammer noun a heavy hammer with a textured or spiked head, used for tenderising meat meat loaf noun a solid block of minced meat, vegetables and flavourings cooked and usually served hot meat pie noun a pie filled with precooked meat, gravy, flavouring and seasoning prior to baking meat-processing plant noun a factory in which raw and cooked meats are processed...
gout
gout noun pain caused by crystallisation of uric acid in the joints Graham diet noun a dietary plan that is wholly vegetarian and allows fats only in small quantities grain noun 1. a measure of weight equal to 0.0648 grams. Abbreviation gr 2. a small hard seed GrainInformation Service noun an organisation that provides information on wheat intolerance and associated diseases graining noun the crystallisation of sugar that takes place when it is boiled and cooled gram noun a metric measure of...
cantaloupe noun a small round melon with a ridged scaly rind and aromatic
canthaxanthin noun a reddish pigment in water insects that colours the yolks of duck eggs CAP abbreviation Common Agricultural Policy caper noun the flowerbud of a Mediterranean bush, pickled and used in sauces or as a garnish for fish and meat capillary noun an extremely narrow thin-walled blood vessel that connects small arteries arterioles with small veins venules to form a network throughout the body capon noun an edible cockerel that grows and increases in weight more rapidly than other...
tertiary processed food noun same as processed food
tertiary processing noun the part of a food processing plant that receives some cooked food products and subjects them to further processing test kitchen noun a kitchen used for recipe development and testing of kitchen equipment tetany noun an extreme sensitivity of the motor nerves, associated with calcium deficiency tetracycline noun an antibiotic of a group used for treating a wide range of bacterial diseases such as chlamydia Tetrapak a trade name for various types of carton used for...