Category: H
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Hominy
Corn kernels that have been soaked and lightly cooked, followed by removal of outer seed coat and germ. This refers to whole kernels of white or yellow corn that have been stripped of their hulls and then boiled, causing them to expand in size. Hominy is the whole kernel of dried corn that has been…
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Hollandaise
The name of a hot sauce made with yolks of eggs and butter and served with eggs, fish or vegetables.
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Histogram
One of the seven Tools of Quality to provide a static picture of the frequency distribution (variations in the process) allowing proper interpretation relative to a particular attribute that is measured in the process or of a product. Histogram is a bar diagram representing a frequency distribution of a particular attribute that is measured in…
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Highball
A beverage poured over ice cubes in a tall glass with or without liquor.
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High
A label word used to describe a food that contains 20% or more of the Daily Values of a nutrient per the reference amount. Pleasurable effects that follow the use of certain drugs.
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Hibachi
A charcoal grill. Made from two Japanese words—hi, meaning fire, and bachi, meaning pot—hibachi entered English in 1863 as the name for a large, clay pan in which char coal was burnt in order to heat a living room. The word did not come to signify a culinary implement until the 1960s in America, where…
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Hermetically sealed container
Container designed to become secure against the entry of microorganisms and to maintain commercial sterility of its content.
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Hermetic
Air-tight seal.
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Herbicide
An agent used to destroy unwanted plants. A toxic chemical that kills unwanted plants. A chemical that kills plants or inhibits their growth.
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Heat, sensible
Heat that has gone into raising the temperature of steam without change of pressure or absolute humidity.