RoastingRoasting is a cooking method that uses dry heat where hot air covers the food, cooking it evenly on all sides with temperatures of at least 150 °C (300 °F) from an open flame, oven, or other heat source. Roasting can enhance the flavor through caramelization and Maillard browning on the surface of the food. Roasting uses indirect, diffused heat (as in an oven), and is suitable for slower cooking of meat in a larger, whole piece.
Peanut butterSimilar dishesNut butterCookbook: Peanut butterMedia: Peanut butterPeanut butter is a food paste or spread made from ground, dry-roastedpeanuts. It commonly contains additional ingredients that modify the taste or texture, such as salt, sweeteners, or emulsifiers. Consumed in many countries, it is the most commonly used of the nut butters, a group that also includes cashew butter and almond butter.
House cricketAcheta domesticus, commonly called the house cricket, is a species of cricket most likely native to Southwestern Asia, but between 1950 and 2000 it became the standard feeder insect for the pet and research industries and spread worldwide. They can be kept as pets themselves, as this has been the case in China and Japan. DescriptionThe house cricket is typically gray or brownish in color, growing to 16–21 millimetres (0.63–0.83 in) in length.
ChocolateChocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans. It can be a liquid, solid, or paste. It is eaten on its own and used to flavor other foods. Cocoa beans are the processed seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). They are usually fermented to develop the flavor, then dried, cleaned, and roasted. The shell is removed to reveal nibs, which are ground to chocolate liquor (unadulterated chocolate in rough form.)
CoffeeBrewed beverageCoffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Dark-colored and bitter, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans due to its caffeine content; however decaffeinated coffee is also commercially available. There are also various coffee substitutes. Coffee production begins when the seeds from coffee cherries, the Coffea plant's fruits, are separated to produce unroasted green coffee beans.
Frying panA frying pan, also called frypan or skillet, is a flat-bottomed cookware used for frying, searing and browning foods. It typically ranges from 20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 in) in diameter with relatively low sides that flare outwards, a long handle and no lid. Larger pans may have a small loop handle on the opposite side to the main handle. A pan of similar dimensions, but with less flared, more vertical sides and often with a lid, is called a sauté pan.
WokA wok being used for stir fryingAlternative Chinese nameTraditional Chinese炒鍋Simplified Chinese炒锅A wok (simplified Chinese: 镬; traditional Chinese: 鑊; pinyin: huò; Cantonese Yale: wohk) is a deep round-bottomed cooking pan of either indigenous Chinese origin or derived from the South Asiankarahi. It is common in Greater China, and similar pans are found in parts of East, South and Southeast Asia, as well as being popular in other parts of the world.
EntomophagyEntomophagy (, from Greek éntomon, 'insect', and phagein, 'to eat') is the practice of eating insects. An alternative term, usually applied to animals, is insectivory. Entomophagy is sometimes defined to also include the eating of arthropods other than insects, such as arachnids and myriapods; eating arachnids may also be referred to as arachnophagy. In non-humansEntomophagy is widespread among many animals, including non-human primates.
Nut (fruit)A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a single seed. In botany, the use of the term nut implies that the shell does not open to release the seed (a property known as indehiscence). Whereas most seeds come from fruit that naturally free themselves from their shell, this is not the case in true nuts (such as hazelnuts, chestnuts, and acorns), which have hard shell walls and originate from a compound ovary.
TeaBrewed beverage made from tea leavesTea is an aromaticbeverage prepared by infusion of hot or boilingfresh water with fresh or curedleaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreenshrub native to East Asia that originated in the borderlands of southwestern China, northeast India and northern Myanmar. Tea has a stimulant effect in humans primarily due to its caffeine content. After plain drinking water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world.
Cocoa beanFatty seed of Theobroma cacaoForms of the cocoa bean during productionPods at various stages of ripeningBeans in pulp in freshly cut podBeans: In pulp, in skin, and nakedRoasted nibs (pieces of kernels) are generally powdered and melted into chocolate liquor, but also inserted into chocolate bars to give additional texture or "crunch".The cocoa bean, also known as cocoa () or cacao (), is the dried and fully fermentedseed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree.
SeedIn botany, a seed is a plant structure containing an embryo and stored nutrients in a protective coat called a testa. More generally, the term seed means anything that can be sown, which may include seed and husk or tuber. Seeds are the product of the ripened ovule, after the embryo sac is fertilized by sperm from pollen, forming a zygote. The embryo within a seed develops from the zygote and grows within the mother plant to a certain size before growth is halted.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.