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An uncooked, smoked, Portuguese-type sausage made from coarsely ground pork butts. It is typically seasoned with garlic, cinnamon, pepper, salt, and cumin seeds and then cured in a vinegar pickling liquid before being stuffed into a casing.

A heat monitor and gauge used to measure temperatures of 100°F to 400°F or higher in hot substances and liquids, when heating sugar for making candy, jam, syrup, and grease for deep frying.

A coarse, unprocessed sugar, which is generally brown in color, sticky textured and crumbly in consistency.

A spice that is made from the Annatto seed which grows in a pod on Annatto shrubs. Protected by a pod containing 40 to 60 red seeds, the triangular-shaped Annatto seeds are surrounded by a red pulp that is separated from the seeds and pod when they are harvested.

A rust colored seed that is harvested from the annatto shrub to produce the Achiote spice. Native to Latin America, Spain, and East India, the Achiote seed is protected by a pod containing 40 to 60 red seeds.

A vegetable fat that has been processed into a soft, spreadable form with a taste, texture and appearance that is similar to butter.

Thick and creamy in texture, Corn Chowder is a hearty and rich soup prepared like many other Chowders except with corn.