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To make sour or somewhat acidic. Foods are made sour to enhance the flavor or a solution is made acidic to preserve foods.

A mid-sized to large citrus fruit that is grown in several different variations, all similar in taste and aroma.

1. A hollow or open formed utensil used to give shape to the food substance place into the shaped Mold.

A small kidney shaped nut harvested from a tropical American tree with a rich, buttery taste. It is used as a snack and as an ingredient for desserts, candies, and savory dishes.

Formed into the shape of a dome this dessert or sweet confection is a popular Italian food item. Translated to mean "truffle" in Italian, a Tartufo may be made as a small chocolate candy with a sweet filling or it may be made as an ice cream dessert, typically filled with gelato and covered with chocolate on the outside.

A French food consisting of small to medium sized cubes of high quality pork (typically from a pork belly) that have been slowly cooked in a covered pot to become candied.

An artificial sweetener that contains no calories and is most often used for cooking or baking, since it retains its sweetness when heated.

A fruit that is related to the pear and grown in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the United States.

A confection made by mixing nuts with boiling sugar syrup and then dropping the mixture in nugget sized drops onto a butter surface, allowing to cool.

A sweet, cylindrical shaped, yeast bread that is a traditional Italian bread served for holidays. Translated to mean "big bread," it is a bead that has a light, delicate texture spiced with raisins, candied fruit and nuts.

A traditional baked creation that is most often made during the year end holidays to serve as both a decoration and an edible food.

An Italian ice cream dessert. The dessert consists of a layer of ice cream topped with a sweetened whipped cream flavored with rum.

A large, juicy, red berry that is very sweet when ripe and grows on a spreading, stemless plant. Strawberries are eaten raw, used as an ingredient in many salads and desserts, and are also one of the most popular flavorings in candies and other sweet products.

A Portuguese yeast bread that is traditionally served to celebrate Epiphany. The dough, prepared with white bread flour or all-purpose flour, is enriched with butter and eggs, flavored with raisins, pine nuts, and orange and lemon zest, and topped with candied fruits, sugar, and citrus zest.

A method of testing sugar syrup to see if it has boiled to the proper stage of cooking. It is the point when a drop of boiling syrup is dropped into cold water and separates into hard, brittle threads.

A food substance that is produced by cooking sugar until it melts and darkens into a nutty brown colored mixture that ranges in consistency from liquid to hard-surfaced.

An herb that grows wild and has been sought for centuries in various regions of the world as a plant species often associated with properties that promote healing or improved physical and mental performance.

A ground substance that is a purple colored starch made from the meat of purple yams, a tuber that has a gnarled appearance.

The beans harvested from the coffee tree, which are dried and roasted. The beans can be sold whole or ground and are brewed with water to make a popular beverage.

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