strong flavor. Use is eating and cooking. Garlic A bulb with pungent odor and flavor, used raw and cooked. Belongs to the liliy family. The bulb consists of a cluster of smaller ones, each called a clove. Should be peeled for use or crushed unpeeled in a garlic press. Garlic Powder Ground, dried garlic cloves. Powder has commercial use in making various prepared meats. Powder may be used in place of garlic love to season meats, sauces, many other dishes. Garlic Salt Commercial mixture of table salt and garlic powder. Used like garlic powder. Garnish To decorate a dish with parsley, fruit slices, etc. Geranium Leaf Added to apple and other delicate jelly. Try mixing some of the jelly with cake filling for a delicate white cake. Giblets The edible small parts of dressed birds: liver, heart, gizzard, etc. Ginger Root of tropical fruit, dried and sun-bleached. Aromatic, with spicy-sweet, pungent flavor. Sold whole, broken, or ground. Has many uses, including the flavoring of commercial ginger ale and ginger beer. Also used as spice in confections, partry, cakes, cookies and as seasoner for many meat, pickling, and sauces. Also used in blends of curry powder and in oriental cookery. Gjetost Cheese, origin is Norway. Hard, dark brown, with a sweet, uncheese-like flavor. Made from goat's milk. Use is eating. Glace To coat with sugar syrup cooked to the crack stage. Glaze To make a smooth glossy surface by coating with a thin layer of aspic, melted jelly, sugar syrup, icing, or fruit juice sweetened and thickened with a little cornstarch. Gorgonzola Cheese, origin is Italy. Clay-colored surface, white inside with green veins. Piquant flavor. Pungent. Use is eating, sliced or crumbled on salad. Gouda Cheese, origin is Holland. Usually red surface. Semi-hard texture, yellow inside. Edamlike flavor if imported. Domestic Gouda is softer and may have a slightly sour flavor. Use is eating. Grate To reduce foods to small particles by rubbing over grater or using a grinder-grater. Gravy Sauce made in pan in which meat, fish, or poultry was cooked. It includes pan drippings, usually flour, seasonings, cream or milk, or stock. Grill To cook under broiler heat or over direct heat. Grind To put food through chopper, or grind by hand with mortar and pestle. Greese To rub inside of pan, mold, baking dish, with fat to prevent food sticking to it. Also means the cold fat left in frying pan or kettle. Gruyere Cheese, origin is Switzerland and France. Hard, with holes. Tastes like Swiss. In the US, Gruyere means a processed cheese that is foiled wrapped and light yellow. Use is eating and cooking. Goulash A thick meat stew with vegetables and paprika. |
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