Category: B
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Blanch
(Scald) A unit process designed to loosen skin (peel) or feathers, inactivate enzyme(s), set or fix color, remove occluded air, and remove earthy odors. To become white or pale. To lose color, especially of the face, usually suddenly and in the context of being frightened or saddened.
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Blanc
A mixture of water and flour in which various substances such as white meat and certain light colored vegetables are added.
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Blackened
A term used in cooking invented by Chef Paul Prudhomme. It is the coating of meat, fish, etc. with spices and herbs and quickly cooked in a white-hot cast iron skillet.
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Bisque
A thick creamy soup. A dense and sumptuous velouté prepared from crustaceans or on occasions, wild animals. Chowder, a hearty and savory soup that’s beloved in many culinary traditions around the world, is a dish that’s based on a rich and flavorful white stock, typically crafted from fish, and often incorporating shellfish as well. This…
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Biological oxidation
The process whereby, through the activity of living organisms in an aerobic environment, organic matter is converted to more biological stable matter.
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Beverage
(Also, Drink or Cocktail) A juice that purports to contain juice by way of label statements by pictures of fruits or vegetables on the label, or by taste and appearance, causing the consumer to expect juice in the beverage. A beverage that purports to contain juice must declare the percent of the juice. The percent…
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Beurre
Butter.
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Benchmarking
A continuous, systematic process for evaluating the products, services and work processes of organizations that are recognized as representing best practices for the purpose of organizational improvement (1992). In other words, “Taking the best of the best to make it better.” A system whereby health care assessment undertakes to measure its performance against “best practice”…
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Bell pepper
Sweet pepper with color variations from green to red to yellow to orange to purple, or even brown. Term used to define different kinds of annual plants whose seeds are noted for their pungency due to capsicin. The red pepper is also known as cayenne pepper and is of the genus Capsican. The white and…
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Beer
Yeast fermented malt beverage. An alcoholic beverage containing 2-6% alcohol by volume, derived from cereal grains through the brewing process. Beer is an alcoholic drink made by fermenting malted barley, water, and hops. The barley is moistened and allowed to sprout before being dried and mixed with water and hops. Yeast is added, and the…