Welcome to the Celtnet glossary of food terms. As this recipe site has grown and the total number of recipes range across everythign from breakfast to brewing it has become obvious that a whole slew of recipe and cooking-associated terms are spread across the various pages of this site. These pages are an attempt at bringing all these recipe- and cookery-associated terms together into one place.
Have you ever wondered what a bain Marie is, or what Adjawan seeds are, or what the 'scalding' of milk implies. Cookery recipes are littered with unusual and unfamiliar terms or ingredients. These pages seek to bring these terms and ingredients all into one place. Currently you can use the links above to jump to the first letter of the term you are looking for. Soon, however, I will add a search facility to this page.
This is even more the case for this site as I have recipes here covering historical periods from the stone age to the modern day as well as recipes the cover all areas of the globe.
As well as providing descriptions for all the food terms listed here I have also attempted to draw together as many images for the terms as I ccould so you will not only have a written description but you will also have an image to associate with the words.
As the number of recipes and techniques on this site increase the terms defined on these pages will also expand. If your terms isn't here now then please come back soon as I add new terms almost every day.
To use this glossary simply click on the first letter of your term above or below. Alternativey why not just browse throgh the terms. You may well find something that surprises you!
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If you're looking for a particular recipe, or a recipe using a particular ingredient or set of ingredients, why not try my recipe search facility. You can even use a combination of period and ingredient such as 'Elizabethan Lamb' or 'medieval eggs'.
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