ALWAYS WANTED 2 KNOW THEIR MEANING....

There are so many words used related 

to food, that we always wanted to know ,

what they actually meant..

What are ‘ Bruschetta ' ? 

Bruschetta is an appetizer  from central Italy , 

it consists of grilled bread rubbed with garlic

and topped with extra-virgin olive oil , salt 

and pepper.

Variations may include toppings of spicy, 

red peppers , tomatoes and other vegetables, 

beans, cured meat, or cheese; the most popular 

recipe outside of Italy involves, basil fresh, 

tomato, garlic and onion or mozzarella.

Bruschetta is usually served as a ' snack

or appetizer'.

Appetizers, are food items served before 

the main courses.

Finger food is food eaten directly using

the hands, in contrast to food eaten with

a knife and fork ,chopsticks, or other utensils.

In some cultures, food is almost always eaten 

with the hands.

An Entrée is one of several savory courses 

in a Western-style and South American-style 

formal meal; specifically, a smaller course

that precedes the main course. 

The Entrée is called the first course,

appetizer or starter.

A Main dish is the featured or primary 

dish in a meal consisting of several

courses. It usually follows the entrée

("entry") course, and the salad course.

The main dish is usually the heaviest, 

heartiest, and most complex or

substantive dish on a menu.

A full course dinner is a dinner consisting

of multiple dishes, or courses.

In its simplest form, it can consist of three

or four courses, such as soup, salad,  meat 

and dessert.

Cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that 

contains two or more ingredients , at least 

one of the ingredients must be a spirit. 

Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits,

sugar, water, and bitters.  The word has come

to mean almost any mixed drink that contains

alcohol. 

A cocktail today usually contains one or more

kinds of spirit and one or more mixers, such

as soda or fruit juice. Additional ingredients 

may be ice, sugar, honey, milk, cream, and

various herbs.

A Canapé is a small, prepared and usually

decorative food, held in the fingers and

often eaten in one bite.Because they are

often served during cocktail hours, it is 

often desired that a canapé be either salty 

or spicy, in order to encourage guests to 

drink more.

A canapé may also be referred to as finger 

food, although not all finger foods are canapés.

Crackers or small slices of bread or toast or 

puff pastry, cut into various shapes, serve 

as the base for savory butters or pastes.

A  vol-au-vent in French means  a small 

hollow  case of puff pastry. A round opening

is cut in the top and the pastry cut out for the

opening is replaced as a lid after the case is filled.

Vol-au-vents can accommodate various fillings,

such as mushrooms, prawns, fruit, or cheese.

Mascarpone  is an Italian triple-cream cheese .

Mascarpone is milky-white in color and is easily 

spread…

Sorbet is a frozen dessert made from sweetened 

water flavored with fruit , typically juice or puree,

wine, and/or liqueur..

Sorbets/sherbets may also contain alcohol, 

which lowers the cold temperature, resulting

in softer texture.

Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made 

from dairy products, such as milk and cream, 

and often combined with fruits or other 

ingredients and flavors.

Most varieties contain sugar, the meaning 

of the term ice cream varies from one country 

to another.

Terms like frozen custard, frozen yogurt, 

sorbet, gelato and others are used to distinguish different varieties and styles.. 

Granita  is a semi-frozen dessert made from sugar,

water and various flavorings.

Pudding characteristically denotes a sweet

milk-based dessert similar in consistency to

egg-based custards, though it may also refer

to other types such as bread and rice pudding.

Gelato is an ancient Italian frozen dessert, a far

more recent variant of which is the American 

ice cream. As such, gelato is made with some

of the same ingredients as most other frozen 

dairy desserts. Milk, cream, various sugars,

flavoring including fruit and nut purees are

the main ingredients.

Gelato is different from some ice cream because 

it has a lower butterfat content. Gelato typically

contains 4-8% butterfat, versus 14% for ice cream

in the United States. Gelato has a higher sugar

content than ice cream..

Gelato is typically flavored with fresh fruit 

purees, cocoa and/or nut pastes.

If other ingredients such as chocolate flakes,

nuts, small confections, cookies, or biscuits

are added, they are added after the gelato is 

frozen. Gelato made with fresh fruit, sugar,

and water and without dairy ingredients is

sorbet.

Ais kacang is a Malaysian dessert. 

Traditionally a special ice machine is used

to churn out the shaved ice used in the dessert, originally hand cranked but now more often

motorized. Formerly, it was made of only 

shaved ice and red beans.

Today, ice kacang generally comes in bright 

colours, and with different fruit cocktails 

and dressings..

A slush or a slushie is a flavored frozen drink…

A SLUSH is a frozen carbonated beverages, 

typified by the Slurpee or Ice, are made by

freezing a carbonated drink…

A smoothie  is a blended, chilled, sometimes

sweetened beverage made from fresh fruit 

(fruit smoothie) or vegetables and in special

cases can contain chocolate.

In addition to fruit, many smoothies include 

crushed ice, frozen fruit, honey or contain 

syrup and ice ingredients…

A milkshake is a sweet, cold beverage which 

is made from milk, ice cream or iced milk, and

flavorings or sweeteners such as fruit syrup 

or chocolate sauce..

A soda fountain is a device that dispenses 

carbonated drinks.

The device combines syrup, carbon dioxide, 

and water to make soft drinks…

The sundae is an ice cream dessert. 

It typically consists of a scoop of ice cream

topped with sauce or syrup, and in some

cases other toppings including chopped

nuts, sprinkles, whipped cream, or cherries…