Food words added to online dictionary
If you’re a foodie, you probably know food lingo. Srirachi and IPA are standards in your vocabulary. But nowMerriam-Webster, the Springfield, Mass., company known for print and online dictionary sources, is making them official. Among the 250 newwords and definitions added to Merriam-Webster.com, several are food-related.
Here’s a selection of those being added and their definitions:
aKoreandish of rice with cooked vegetables, usually meat, and often a raw or fried egg.
a type of sushi roll containing avocado, cucumber, and cooked crabmeat or imitation crabmeat with awrapping of seaweed and rice.
a deciduous tree (Pyrus calleryana) of the rose family that has upright branches forming a conical crown, heartshaped glossy leaves with finely serrated margins, showy clusters of white
Bibimbap: California roll: Callery pear:
flowers, and small, bitter, brownish round fruits.
a very light, egg-based dough used to make pastries (such as cream puffs and éclairs).
stuffed with ham and Swiss cheese (like chicken cordon bleu).
Choux pastry: Cordon bleu: Cross contamination:
inadvertent transfer of bacteria or other contaminants from one surface, substance, etc., to another especially because of unsanitary handling procedures.
Farmers market:
amarket at which local farmers sell their agricultural products directly to consumers. frozen yogurt. a pale ale made with extra hops.
Froyo: IPA: Saigon cinnamon:
the dried, aromatic bark of a Vietnamese tree (Cinnamomum loureirii) that yields a sweet and spicy cassia sold as cinnamon.
a pungent sauce that is made from hot peppers pureed with usually garlic, sugar, salt and vinegar and that is typically used as a condiment.
Sriracha: