ReadersDigestAustraliaNewZealand-March2018

March• 2018 | 139

IT PAYS TO INCREASE YOUR

Word Power

BRAIN POWER

BY BETH SHILLIBEER

Food, Glorious Food

Spice up the conversation at your next dinner party

with these culinary morsels.

1.calzonen.– A: oven-baked folded
pizza. B: guide to sugar content of
food. C: calcium-rich drink.

2.Welsh rarebitn.– A: melted
cheese poured over toast. B: turnip
stew. C: tender rabbit meat.

3.dredgev.– A: chop coarsely.
B: coat with flour or other powdered
food. C: scald briefly then drain.

4.persimmonn.– A: simmered
fish.B:herbusedinturkeystuffing.
C: small, round, orange fruit.

5.fumetn.– A: smoked meat.
B: reduced and seasoned stock.
C: barbecue wood chips.

6.saporificadj.– A: of the highest
quality. B: high in alcohol content.
C: producing flavour.

7.charcuterien.– A: cold cooked or
processed meats. B: grilled vegetables.
C: charcoal kettle barbecue.

8.tureenn.– A: film that forms on
cold gravy. B: crunchy skin on a roast.
C: deep serving bowl with a lid.

9.bardv.– A: tie fatty bacon around

lean meat before cooking. B: simmer

in stock. C: plunge into iced water to

stop cooking.

10.batrachophagousn.– A: unsafe

to eat raw. B: rich in kilojoules.

C: of one who eats frogs.

11.pithn.– A: corn husk. B: white

layer under the skin of citrus fruit.

C: dish for serving cranberry sauce.

12.flambév. –A: add alcohol to hot

food and ignite. B: moisten food

during cooking. C: beat rapidly.

13.gazpachon.– A: warming tray.

B: vegetable soup served cold.

C: Mexican pastry.

14.epicuren.– A: person who

cultivates a refined taste in food.

B: one who will eat anything.

C: cured, dried meat.

15.sautéev.–A:boiluntil

partially cooked. B: cook slowly

inacoveredpot.C:cook ina

small amount of fat.