Category: T
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Tart
Sharp or pungent taste. Imagine three families with the surnames Saunders, Sanders, and Sander all washing ashore on a desert island, and then trying—five centuries later—to sort out their family trees. That genealogical confusion would pale in comparison to the twisted etymological histories of the words tart, tartine, torte, tourte, torteau, tourtiere, tortilla, tortellini, and…
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Tarragon
A spice from the leaves of an Astor plant that are dried, ground and used to flavor fish, meats, salads, etc. A sweet, mint-like flavor. The leaves of the tarragon plant were once thought to cure snakebites; this notion may have led to the herb’s name, which derives from a Greek source meaning little dragon.…
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Tare
Generally means the weight of the empty container or package. The weight of an empty container. That weight is subtracted from the total weight of the vessel and substance added to it in order to determine the precise weight of the material added to the container.
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Taffy
A confection made from brown sugar or molasses and repeatedly stretched or pulled until porous and light-colored. This is a type of chewy candy that is crafted by boiling molasses or brown sugar until it reaches a very thick consistency. It is then pulled to give the candy its signature texture and gloss. This confection…
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Taco
A com tortilla (dried or fried), usually filled with meat, chicken, fish and vegetables (onions, peppers, tomatoes, lettuce), and grated cheese. The words taco and lunch are not related but they do have something in common: both originated as terms describing a small quantity of food: lunch derives from lump, while the Spanish word taco…
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Table d’horte
A complete restaurant meal at a fixed price.
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Trypsinogen
The inactive precursor of trypsin, secreted in the pancreatic juice. An enzyme secreted by the pancreas into the duodenum. Precursor of trypsin; trypsin is available after trypsinogen is acted on by enterokinase. The proenzyme or inactive form of trypsin that is released by the pancreas and converted to trypsin in the intestine. The substance that…
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Trolox
Trade name for a water-soluble vitamin E analogue.
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Trimester
The 40 weeks of pregnancy are divided conventionally into three trimesters 0-13 weeks, 14-26 weeks and 27 weeks until delivery. The three-month section of a pregnancy. A period of 3 months, applied to the pregnancy period. One of the three 3-month periods of a pregnancy. A period of three months. The nine months of pregnancy…
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Tri-iodothyronine
One of the thyroid hormones.