Category: M
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Marinara sauce
Consists of tomatoes, basil, onions and garlic sauteed in olive oil. May contain carrots, oregano, mushrooms and tomato paste. This sauce is used to embellish fresh pasta, frozen sandwiches and entrees made up of meat, chicken or fish. Literally translating to “sailor style,” this sauce is typically prepared without meat and features a combination of…
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Marinade
Liquid in which food is marinated, usually containing vegetables, spices, vinegar, wine, water, etc. A marinade is a seasoned liquid in which meat, fish, or vegetables are steeped until they acquire a desired flavour. Nowadays, marinades are usually made from oil or vinegar, but the original marinades, dating back thousands of years, were simply salted…
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Mariculture
Fish farming.
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Manufacturer, packer or distributor
Name and ad- dress of company responsible for manufacturing or distributing a product.
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Malt
Sprouted, dried barley used in the brewing industry to help digest starches into sugars. A cereal grain that has been allowed to sprout and then is dried and ground. Partly-germinated and toasted cereal grain, in which the natural food substances present (like starches) are modified, certain vitamins enhanced, and diastatic enzymes such as amylase, which…
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Malnourished
Poorly nourished. Not having enough to eat or having only poor-quality food, leading to ill-health.
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Malic acid
A fruit acid found mostly in apples. A substance found in certain sour fruits such as apples and apricots and active in the aerobic metabolism of carbohydrates.
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Maitre d’hotel
Head of the dining room.
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Magnum
Double-size wine bottle (48 to 56 fluid oz.).
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Mace
A spice from the external covering of the nutmeg seed. Used for seasoning sauces and ketchup. Just as the singular form of pea was once pease, the singular of the spice now known as mace was once maces—a medieval kitchen would therefore have bottles of pepper, garlic, and maces. In the sixteenth century, people began…